Security update for bind

SUSE Security Update: Security update for bind
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:0741-1
Rating: important
References: #765315
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1
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    An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    The following issue has been fixed:

    * Records with zero length rdata field could have
    crashed named or disclose portions of memory to clients
    (CVE-2012-1667).

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-1667
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    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sdksp1-bind-6388
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-bind-6388
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slessp1-bind-6388
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp1-bind-6388

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P1]:
    • bind-devel-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP1 (ppc64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P1]:
    • bind-devel-32bit-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P1]:
    • bind-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • bind-chrootenv-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • bind-doc-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • bind-libs-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • bind-utils-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P1]:
    • bind-libs-32bit-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P1]:
    • bind-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • bind-chrootenv-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • bind-doc-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • bind-libs-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • bind-utils-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P1]:
    • bind-libs-32bit-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 (ia64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P1]:
    • bind-libs-x86-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P1]:
    • bind-libs-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • bind-utils-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P1]:
    • bind-libs-32bit-9.6ESVR7P1-0.2.5.1

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1667.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/765315
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5a8f30aa7298342017cd0d068e2af050