SUSE: 2021:3410-1 Critical: OpenSSH Vulnerability Mitigation
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November 2, 2016
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available
Summary
This update for bind fixes the following security issue: - A defect in BIND's handling of responses containing a DNAME answer had the potential to trigger assertion errors in the server remotely, thereby facilitating a denial-of-service attack. (CVE-2016-8864, bsc#1007829). 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 Server for SAP 12: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SAP-12-2016-1587=1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-2016-1587=1 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (noarch): bind-doc-9.9.9P1-28.23.1 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12 (x86_64):
References
#1007829
Cross- CVE-2016-8864
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-LTSS
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-8864.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1007829
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:2696-1
Rating: important
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