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Slackware alert SSA:2006-257-01 (bind)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] bind DoS (SSA:2006-257-01)
Date:  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 15:04:48 -0700 (PDT)

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] bind DoS (SSA:2006-257-01) New bind packages are available for Slackware 9.0, 9.1, 10.0, 10.1, 10.2, and -current to fix a Denial of Service issue. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4095 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-4096 As well as here: http://www.isc.org/sw/bind/bind-security.php There are no known active exploits at this time. Here are the details from the Slackware 10.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/bind-9.3.2_P1-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz: Upgraded to bind-9.3.2_P1. This update addresses a denial of service vulnerability. BIND's CHANGES file says this: 2066. [security] Handle SIG queries gracefully. [RT #16300] The best discussion I've found is in FreeBSD's advisory, so here's a link: http://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-06:20.b... Also, fixed some missing man pages. (noticed by Xavier Thomassin -- thanks) (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 9.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.0/patch... Updated package for Slackware 9.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-9.1/patch... Updated package for Slackware 10.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware 10.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.1/patc... Updated package for Slackware 10.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-10.2/patc... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 9.0 package: 641cce9a50667d49df3d67add0ff76ff bind-9.2.6_P1-i386-1_slack9.0.tgz Slackware 9.1 package: 29f41cfd25b2b1fdf333f88c4e652ec3 bind-9.2.6_P1-i486-2_slack9.1.tgz Slackware 10.0 package: 6fc49bad0cd810133d1f54e42dd17b29 bind-9.2.6_P1-i486-1_slack10.0.tgz Slackware 10.1 package: 9d298ea5cfab7f088d238386a288c640 bind-9.3.2_P1-i486-1_slack10.1.tgz Slackware 10.2 package: f01ac09880f628674e8520738e1b45cf bind-9.3.2_P1-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 0aac4c9eed155d6fe2e85bfdd13572ee bind-9.3.2_P1-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the packages as root: # upgradepkg bind-9.3.2_P1-i486-1_slack10.2.tgz Restart named: sh /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFFCc/aakRjwEAQIjMRAo35AJoDSiTwBKW2KyQrX2i9VuB7mHc/MQCfdyAD 2Qi/H14quQ2D4Ds4QbrP6TA= =GYiS -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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