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SUSE Linux 10 SP2 Security Update: Important Bind Lockup Fix

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2012
Dist Suse Esm H88
SUSE Security Patch for postfix uncovers and resolves a critical vulnerability. Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1490-3.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

The following issue has been fixed: * Specially crafted RDATA could have caused bind to lockup. This was a different flaw than CVE-2012-4244. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2012-5166 Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (i586 s390x x86_64): bind-9.3.4-1.31.33.1 bind-chrootenv-9.3.4-1.31.33.1 bind-devel-9.3.4-1.31.33.1 bind-doc-9.3.4-1.31.33.1 bind-libs-9.3.4-1.31.33.1 bind-utils-9.3.4-1.31.33.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2 (s390x x86_64): bind-libs-32bit-9.3.4-1.31.33.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security update update important SUSE Linux bind issue lockup fix

References

#784602

Cross- CVE-2012-5166

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-5166.html

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login?sid=0

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login?sid=0

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1390-2
Rating: important

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security advisory security update update important SUSE Linux bind issue lockup fix

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