GLSA 201401-34: BIND: Denial of Service

Severity:	normal
Title:	BIND: Denial of Service
Date:	01/29/2014
Bugs:	#437828, #446094, #453974, #463497, #478316, #483208, #498016
ID:	201401-34

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, possibly resulting in Denial of Service.

Background

BIND is the Berkeley Internet Name Domain Server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-dns/bind	< 9.9.4_p2	>= 9.9.4_p2	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.9.4_p2"
    

References

• CVE-2012-5166
• CVE-2012-5688
• CVE-2012-5689
• CVE-2013-2266
• CVE-2013-3919
• CVE-2013-4854
• CVE-2014-0591

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-34.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

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