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SUSE Linux 11 SP1: 2012:0741-1 Critical: Bind Denial of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey June 15, 2012
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SUSE addresses critical vulnerability in bind impacting various offerings. Adhere to update guidelines for secure installation.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

The following issue has been fixed: * Records with zero length rdata field could have crashed named or disclose portions of memory to clients (CVE-2012-1667). Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-1667 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sdksp1-bind-6388 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp1-bind-6388 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch slessp1-bind-6388 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1: zypper in -t patch sledsp1-bind-6388 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List:

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References

#765315

Cross- CVE-2012-1667

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1667.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0741-1
Rating: important

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