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openSUSE alert openSUSE-SU-2012:0969-1 (bind)

From:  opensuse-security@opensuse.org
To:  opensuse-updates@opensuse.org
Subject:  openSUSE-SU-2012:0969-1: moderate: bind: Fixed a remote denial of service in DNSSEC
Date:  Wed, 8 Aug 2012 14:09:07 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID:  <20120808120907.E38E632247@maintenance.suse.de>
Archive-link:  Article, Thread

openSUSE Security Update: bind: Fixed a remote denial of service in DNSSEC ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:0969-1 Rating: moderate References: #772945 Cross-References: CVE-2012-3817 Affected Products: openSUSE 12.1 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. Description: Bind was updated to fix a denial of service (crash) during heavy DNSSEC validation load that can cause a "Bad Cache" assertion failure. Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-494 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64): bind-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-chrootenv-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-debuginfo-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-debugsource-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-devel-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-libs-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-libs-debuginfo-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-lwresd-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-lwresd-debuginfo-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-utils-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-utils-debuginfo-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64): bind-libs-32bit-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-libs-debuginfo-32bit-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (noarch): bind-doc-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 - openSUSE 12.1 (ia64): bind-libs-debuginfo-x86-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 bind-libs-x86-9.8.3P2-4.17.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3817.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/772945


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