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Mandriva: 2012:119: bind Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in bind: High numbers of queries with DNSSEC validation enabled can cause an assertion failure in named, caused by using a bad cache data structure before it has been initialized (CVE-2012-3817). [More...]
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 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDVSA-2012:119
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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 Package : bind
 Date    : July 29, 2012
 Affected: 2011., Enterprise Server 5.0
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 Problem Description:

 A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in bind:
 
 High numbers of queries with DNSSEC validation enabled can cause an
 assertion failure in named, caused by using a bad cache data structure
 before it has been initialized (CVE-2012-3817).
 
 The updated packages have been upgraded to bind 9.7.6-P2 and 9.8.3-P2
 which is not vulnerable to this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:

 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3817
 https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-00729
 ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.7.6-P2/RELEASE-NOTES-BIND-9.7.6-P2.txt
 ftp://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.8.3-P2/RELEASE-NOTES-BIND-9.8.3-P2.txt
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Updated Packages:

 Mandriva Linux 2011:
 bafd9a3ccc5e2472c78236e0816fb35e  2011/i586/bind-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
 ba9051e73bae041029ec5def663b9057  2011/i586/bind-devel-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
 9a4aff7cbbd89b22e86e8a299b3ea2f7  2011/i586/bind-doc-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm
 9de46d693a703acfa17fd04b6e29c911  2011/i586/bind-utils-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1-mdv2011.0.i586.rpm 
 59e3666fc9c110fd06e65227909c7e11  2011/SRPMS/bind-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2011/X86_64:
 3be0398b013f7097a91673821a18a45a  2011/x86_64/bind-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
 d9eb1f285d7630a43869818a67b8e782  2011/x86_64/bind-devel-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
 6d7115d9ec7b1af6f9f058255d5807f7  2011/x86_64/bind-doc-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm
 9af85a3dd6a7f6e8b1e367512cf0c64c  2011/x86_64/bind-utils-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1-mdv2011.0.x86_64.rpm 
 59e3666fc9c110fd06e65227909c7e11  2011/SRPMS/bind-9.8.3-0.0.P2.0.1.src.rpm

 Mandriva Enterprise Server 5:
 c5d41c3364428c0263b29b37e3f1a753  mes5/i586/bind-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.i586.rpm
 f296f524cbfaa1fce763a0b88e53cbe2  mes5/i586/bind-devel-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.i586.rpm
 05f2fbfc1f3684e87b398f93839bd137  mes5/i586/bind-doc-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.i586.rpm
 fc628d0bde99d2902d303c776b57e965  mes5/i586/bind-utils-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.i586.rpm 
 0e19a55f2b3b52ca60fb1a12f4755a8b  mes5/SRPMS/bind-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.src.rpm

 Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64:
 5edcc27abb52710c17877650fd32da33  mes5/x86_64/bind-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.x86_64.rpm
 0dd57aefce2164e23b580b29ac775959  mes5/x86_64/bind-devel-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.x86_64.rpm
 424329dad9df221f18b676b515453c65  mes5/x86_64/bind-doc-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.x86_64.rpm
 fb4c3af945ec0152a0890acf119c9b90  mes5/x86_64/bind-utils-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.x86_64.rpm 
 0e19a55f2b3b52ca60fb1a12f4755a8b  mes5/SRPMS/bind-9.7.6-0.0.P2.0.1mdvmes5.2.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
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