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SUSE: 2016:0780-1 Important: Bind Denial Of Service Fix
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March 15, 2016
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for bind fixes the following issues: Fix two assertion failures that can lead to a remote denial of service attack: * CVE-2016-1285: An error when parsing signature records for DNAME can lead to named exiting due to an assertion failure. (bsc#970072) * CVE-2016-1286: An error when parsing signature records for DNAME records having specific properties can lead to named exiting due to an assertion failure in resolver.c or db.c. (bsc#970073) 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: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-2016-458=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-458=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12:
Topics Covered
References
#970072 #970073
Cross- CVE-2016-1285 CVE-2016-1286
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1285.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1286.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970072
https://bugzilla.suse.com/970073
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:0780-1
Rating: important
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