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Slackware 14.2: 2016-204-01 Critical Threat: Bind Infinite Recursion

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Calendar Grey July 22, 2016
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Updated packages for Bind have been released for Slackware to address a significant security vulnerability affecting several versions.
New bind packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a security issue

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.10.4_P2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. Fixed a security issue: getrrsetbyname with a non absolute name could trigger an infinite recursion bug in lwresd and named with lwres configured if when combined with a search list entry the resulting name is too long. (CVE-2016-2775) [RT #42694] For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2775 (* Security fix *)

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update bind Slackware infinite recursion

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 13.0 package: cfb2b607cd09d42e3647318d78fde310 bind-9.9.9_P2-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: 93be76e6f30c427e3df716d1a5d1c75f bind-9.9.9_P2-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: db496174c2c387bca3bd4bf9c2193e8b bind-9.9.9_P2-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 66e7c65014b102e98735ef10ad752a51 bind-9.9.9_P2-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 80ee4d63e6de0a2cb5a4a6fe52fa5f9e bind-9.9.9_P2-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 62e43f6e05e63a6a39d7e02b52e35fdd bind-9.9.9_P2-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware 14.0 package: 08269a9cf82e706dc52c2ac02f6a07d5 bind-9.9.9_P2-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: ca8895c50273465f657a5c19afca1732 bind-9.9.9_P2-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 0386780ec9c21ebc8eb20051ab885d48 bind-9.9.9_P2-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 7e56afc3e4f9539dd583e1122bea02f3 bind-9.9.9_P2-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: 809333b70180d137ea1a45d2aded503d bind-9.10.4_P2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: 569f79b79ce22ec86a8d09be661e4815 bind-9.10.4_P2-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: 05dd39f0119f85552d9b8a66cb13f976 n/bind-9.10.4_P2-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 9c5607e7aeba3d91f4cefb1b18bf4d9a n/bind-9.10.4_P2-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update bind Slackware infinite recursion

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg bind-9.10.4_P2-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Then, restart the name server: # /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart

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