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SUSE: 2021:1471-1 Important: Bind Zone Update Security Fix Threat

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Calendar Grey May 4, 2021
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An important security update for Bind addressing two vulnerabilities in SUSE systems has been released, complete with patch instructions for proper implementation.
An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

This update for bind fixes the following issues: - CVE-2021-25214: Fixed a broken inbound incremental zone update (IXFR) which could have caused named to terminate unexpectedly (bsc#1185345). - CVE-2021-25215: Fixed an assertion check which could have failed while answering queries for DNAME records that required the DNAME to be processed to resolve itself (bsc#1185345). - make /usr/bin/delv in bind-tools position independent (bsc#1183453). Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch". Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Manager Server 4.0: zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-SUSE-Manager-Server-4.0-2021-1471=1 - SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0:

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References

#1183453 #1185345

Cross- CVE-2021-25214 CVE-2021-25215

CVSS scores:

CVE-2021-25214 (SUSE): 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVE-2021-25215 (SUSE): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products:

SUSE Manager Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0

SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15-SP1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP 15

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-SP1-BCL

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-SP1-LTSS

SUSE Linux Enterprise High Perfo...

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2021:1471-1
Rating: important

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