Security update for bind

Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2024:0574-1
Rating: important
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Cross-References:
CVSS scores:
  • CVE-2023-4408 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-50387 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-50868 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-5517 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-5679 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • CVE-2023-6516 ( SUSE ): 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected Products:
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5

An update that solves six vulnerabilities can now be installed.

Description:

This update for bind fixes the following issues:

Update to release 9.16.48:

  • CVE-2023-50387: Fixed a denial-of-service caused by DNS messages containing a lot of DNSSEC signatures (bsc#1219823).
  • CVE-2023-50868: Fixed a denial-of-service caused by NSEC3 closest encloser proof (bsc#1219826).
  • CVE-2023-4408: Fixed a denial-of-service caused by DNS messages with many different names (bsc#1219851).
  • CVE-2023-5517: Fixed a possible crash when nxdomain-redirect was enabled (bsc#1219852).
  • CVE-2023-5679: Fixed a possible crash when bad interaction between DNS64 and serve-stale, when both of these features are enabled (bsc#1219853).
  • CVE-2023-6516: Fixed excessive memory consumption when continuously trigger the cache database maintenance (bsc#1219854).

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:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-2024-574=1 openSUSE-SLE-15.5-2024-574=1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP5-2024-574=1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Server-Applications-15-SP5-2024-574=1

Package List:

  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64 i586)
    • bind-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-debugsource-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-utils-debuginfo-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-utils-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-debuginfo-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
  • openSUSE Leap 15.5 (noarch)
    • python3-bind-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-doc-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • bind-debugsource-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-debuginfo-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-utils-debuginfo-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-utils-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
  • Basesystem Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
    • python3-bind-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • bind-debugsource-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-debuginfo-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
    • bind-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1
  • Server Applications Module 15-SP5 (noarch)
    • bind-doc-9.16.48-150500.8.16.1

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