SUSE: SUSE-SU-2016:1541-1 Critical: Bind Denial Of Service
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June 10, 2016
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available
Summary
This update for bind fixes two assertion failures that could 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 OpenStack Cloud 5: zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-bind-12608=1 - SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1: zypper in -t patch slemap21-bind-12608=1 - SUSE Manager 2.1: zypper in -t patch sleman21-bind-12608=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Topics Covered
References
#970072 #970073
Cross- CVE-2016-1285 CVE-2016-1286
Affected Products:
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 5
SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
SUSE Manager 2.1
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-2016:1541-1
Rating: important
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