[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2012:1192-1: critical: bind: fixed a remote denial of service attack (abort)

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openSUSE Security Update: bind: fixed a remote denial of service attack (abort)

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Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2012:1192-1

Rating: critical

References: #780157

Cross-References: CVE-2012-4244

Affected Products:

openSUSE 12.2

openSUSE 12.1

openSUSE 11.4

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

 

Description:

 

A remote denial of service attack was fixed in the BIND DNS

nameserver, which could be caused by attackers providing a

specifically prepared zone file for recursive transfer.

(CVE-2012-4244)

 

 

Patch Instructions:

 

To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

 

- openSUSE 12.2:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-615

 

- openSUSE 12.1:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-615

 

- openSUSE 11.4:

 

zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2012-615

 

To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

 

 

Package List:

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64):

 

bind-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-chrootenv-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-debuginfo-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-debugsource-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-devel-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-libs-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-lwresd-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-lwresd-debuginfo-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-utils-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-utils-debuginfo-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (x86_64):

 

bind-libs-32bit-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-32bit-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

 

- openSUSE 12.2 (noarch):

 

bind-doc-9.9.1P3-1.4.1

 

- openSUSE 12.1 (i586 x86_64):

 

bind-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-chrootenv-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-debuginfo-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-debugsource-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-devel-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-libs-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-lwresd-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-lwresd-debuginfo-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-utils-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-utils-debuginfo-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

 

- openSUSE 12.1 (x86_64):

 

bind-libs-32bit-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-32bit-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

 

- openSUSE 12.1 (noarch):

 

bind-doc-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

 

- openSUSE 12.1 (ia64):

 

bind-libs-debuginfo-x86-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

bind-libs-x86-9.8.3P3-4.20.1

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (i586 x86_64):

 

bind-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-chrootenv-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-debuginfo-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-debugsource-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-devel-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-libs-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-lwresd-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-lwresd-debuginfo-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-utils-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-utils-debuginfo-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (x86_64):

 

bind-libs-32bit-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-libs-debuginfo-32bit-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (noarch):

 

bind-doc-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

 

- openSUSE 11.4 (ia64):

 

bind-libs-debuginfo-x86-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

bind-libs-x86-9.7.6P3-0.37.1

 

 

References:

 

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4244.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/780157

 

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