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SUSE: 2016:0174-1 Critical Advisory for Bind Remote Crash Problem

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Calendar Grey January 20, 2016
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This latest SUSE patch resolves a critical linkage problem aimed at averting remote system failures. Review specifications for installation.
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update for bind fixes the following issues: - CVE-2015-8704: Specific APL data allowed remote attacker to trigger a crash in certain configurations (bsc#962189) 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 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP1-2016-114=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP1-2016-114=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP1-2016-114=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1 (ppc64le s390x x86_64): bind-debuginfo-9.9.6P1-35.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical SUSE remote crash binding issue

References

#962189

Cross- CVE-2015-8704

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP1

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8704.html

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=962189

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0174-1
Rating: important

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Topics Covered

security advisory critical SUSE remote crash binding issue

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