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Slackware 15.0: 2023-172-01 Critical: Bind Unexpected Termination

New bind packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] bind (SSA:2023-172-01) New bind packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/bind-9.16.42-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue: Exceeding the recursive-clients quota may cause named to terminate unexpectedly when stale-answer-client-timeout is set to 0. For more information, see: https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2023-2911 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-2911 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 15.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 15.0 package: 9a33e0bf727a990a196587b507056def bind-9.16.42-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware x86_64 15.0 package: fcc444c3aef4fa3ec23c8c5dd39f56c2 bind-9.16.42-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz Slackware -current package: e0f2e82fdfe8bbbc2df9bb3a8e0290fd n/bind-9.18.16-i586-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: fbfa631b95cc32f2dcaa4c5baeb68ab8 n/bind-9.18.16-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg bind-9.16.42-i586-1_slack15.0.txz Then, restart the name server: # /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart +-----+ . Latest bind updates for Slackware address a serious problem leading to unscheduled crashes in the DNS server.. bind Security Update, Slackware Packages, System Security Fix. .Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Jun 22, 2023 •Critical Slackware