GLSA 201510-01: BIND: Denial of Service

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Severity:	normal
Title:	BIND: Denial of Service
Date:	10/18/2015
Bugs:	#540640, #553584, #556150, #559462
ID:	201510-01

Synopsis

A vulnerability in BIND could lead to a Denial of Service condition.

Background

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is a Name Server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-dns/bind	< 9.10.2_p4	>= 9.10.2_p4	All supported architectures

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in BIND’s named utility leading to a Denial of Service condition.

Impact

A remote attacker may be able to cause Denial of Service condition via specially constructed zone data.

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-9.10.2_p4"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201510-01.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.