Security update for bind

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2016:1541-1
Rating: important
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CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2016-1285 ( NVD ): 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1285 ( NVD ): 6.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1286 ( NVD ): 8.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2016-1286 ( NVD ): 8.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Cloud 5
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1

An update that solves two vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for bind fixes two assertion failures that could lead to a remote denial of service attack:

  • CVE-2016-1285: An error when parsing signature records for DNAME can lead to named exiting due to an assertion failure. (bsc#970072)
  • CVE-2016-1286: An error when parsing signature records for DNAME records having specific properties can lead to named exiting due to an assertion failure in resolver.c or db.c. (bsc#970073)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE 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 Cloud 5
    zypper in -t patch sleclo50sp3-bind-12608=1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1
    zypper in -t patch sleman21-bind-12608=1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1
    zypper in -t patch slemap21-bind-12608=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Cloud 5 (x86_64)
    • bind-doc-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-utils-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-libs-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-chrootenv-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-libs-32bit-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
  • SUSE Manager Server 2.1 (s390x x86_64)
    • bind-doc-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-utils-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-libs-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-chrootenv-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-libs-32bit-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
  • SUSE Manager Proxy 2.1 (x86_64)
    • bind-doc-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-utils-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-libs-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-chrootenv-9.9.6P1-0.27.1
    • bind-libs-32bit-9.9.6P1-0.27.1

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