--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-8ff992386d
2017-05-28 23:17:28.618100
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : systemd
Product     : Fedora 25
Version     : 231
Release     : 15.fc25
URL         : https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/
Summary     : A System and Service Manager
Description :
systemd is a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with
SysV and LSB init scripts. systemd provides aggressive parallelization
capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services,
offers on-demand starting of daemons, keeps track of processes using
Linux cgroups, supports snapshotting and restoring of the system
state, maintains mount and automount points and implements an
elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

A security fix for a systemd-resolved crash on a crafted DNS packet. Relevant
only to systemd-resolved users (not enabled by default). No need to reboot or
logout.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1455493 - CVE-2017-9217 systemd: Null pointer dereference in dns_packet_is_reply_for function
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1455493
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade systemd' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Fedora 25: systemd Security Update

May 29, 2017
A security fix for a systemd-resolved crash on a crafted DNS packet

Summary

systemd is a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with

SysV and LSB init scripts. systemd provides aggressive parallelization

capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services,

offers on-demand starting of daemons, keeps track of processes using

Linux cgroups, supports snapshotting and restoring of the system

state, maintains mount and automount points and implements an

elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic.

A security fix for a systemd-resolved crash on a crafted DNS packet. Relevant

only to systemd-resolved users (not enabled by default). No need to reboot or

logout.

[ 1 ] Bug #1455493 - CVE-2017-9217 systemd: Null pointer dereference in dns_packet_is_reply_for function

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1455493

su -c 'dnf upgrade systemd' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org

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FEDORA-2017-8ff992386d 2017-05-28 23:17:28.618100 Product : Fedora 25 Version : 231 Release : 15.fc25 URL : https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/ Summary : A System and Service Manager Description : systemd is a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with SysV and LSB init scripts. systemd provides aggressive parallelization capabilities, uses socket and D-Bus activation for starting services, offers on-demand starting of daemons, keeps track of processes using Linux cgroups, supports snapshotting and restoring of the system state, maintains mount and automount points and implements an elaborate transactional dependency-based service control logic. A security fix for a systemd-resolved crash on a crafted DNS packet. Relevant only to systemd-resolved users (not enabled by default). No need to reboot or logout. [ 1 ] Bug #1455493 - CVE-2017-9217 systemd: Null pointer dereference in dns_packet_is_reply_for function https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1455493 su -c 'dnf upgrade systemd' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product : Fedora 25
Version : 231
Release : 15.fc25
URL : https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/
Summary : A System and Service Manager

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