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Slackware: 2020-170-01 Critical: Bind DoS Threat Mitigation

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Calendar Grey June 18, 2020
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Fresh binding packages have been released for Slackware to mitigate a significant security vulnerability. Further information regarding the updates can be found within.
New bind packages are available for Slackware 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-9.11.20-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: It was possible to trigger an INSIST in lib/dns/rbtdb.c:new_reference() with a particular zone content and query patterns. For more information, see: https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8619 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8619 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue update critical bind DoS slackware

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 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 14.0 package: a27fd673dcc979eaf49bc7fd21f783aa bind-9.11.20-i486-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 7c89a4bc798ed00503d33cce779dd789 bind-9.11.20-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz
Slackware 14.1 package: 97fe233e50455cbf7d725ff79b2238b4 bind-9.11.20-i486-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.1 package: 77a1327539bf1d29d3162a8d06c8de0c bind-9.11.20-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz
Slackware 14.2 package: d77e5359a135e726dbff1d06a0bc07af bind-9.11.20-i586-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware x86_64 14.2 package: db4e73baa2ffc9f42e87a82e63142c99 bind-9.11.20-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz
Slackware -current package: e39c999b1c0faddb5a8a86807bc4932e n/bind-9.16.4-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 0969b416563bd49108cf32074ab8843f n/bind-9.16.4-x86_64-1.txz

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg bind-9.11.20-i586-1_slack14.2.txz Then, restart the name server: # /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart

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