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Slackware 15.0 Bind Important Problems Resolved in 2026-141-01 Release

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Calendar Grey May 20, 2026
Dist Slackware Esm H88
New bind packages for Slackware fix crucial security issues with multiple vulnerabilities addressed.
New bind packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix security issues.

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: patches/packages/bind-9.18.49-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes security issues: Fix outgoing zone transfers' quota issue. Limit resolver server list size. Fix GSS-API resource leak. Avoid unbounded recursion loop. Disable recursion, UPDATE, and NOTIFY for non-IN views. For more information, see: https://kb.isc.org/docs/CVE-2026-3592 https://kb.isc.org/docs/CVE-2026-3039 https://kb.isc.org/docs/CVE-2026-5947 https://kb.isc.org/docs/CVE-2026-5950 https://kb.isc.org/docs/CVE-2026-5946 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3592 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-3039 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5947 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5950 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5946 (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update bind DoS slackware security issues

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/bind-9.18.49-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/bind-9.18.49-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/bind-9.20.23-i686-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/bind-9.20.23-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 15.0 package: b4d30885919c3fbc89a80c3cd416ac84 bind-9.18.49-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: 0939e816b1254b7cc7e8dd504cfedd90 bind-9.18.49-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package: 06611b701bad066cc8f4229fb64c9d3c n/bind-9.20.23-i686-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: 44eeed2d1936283648675fc6126dbad3 n/bind-9.20.23-x86_64-1.txz

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Topics Covered

security advisory update bind DoS slackware security issues

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg bind-9.18.49-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Then, restart the name server: # /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart

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