Security update for bind

SUSE Security Update: Security update for bind

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Announcement ID:	SUSE-SU-2012:1048-1
Rating:	moderate
References:	#772945
Affected Products:	SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

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An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It includes one version update.

Description:

The bind nameserver was updated to fix a crash (denial of
service) that might have happened during high DNSSEC
validation load (CVE-2012-3817).

Security Issue references:

* CVE-2012-3817
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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 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch sdksp2-bind-6605
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:
  zypper in -t patch slessp2-bind-6605
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch slessp2-bind-6605
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:
  zypper in -t patch sledsp2-bind-6605

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

Package List:

• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:

• bind-devel-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:

• bind-devel-32bit-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:

• bind-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• bind-chrootenv-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• bind-doc-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• bind-libs-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• bind-utils-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:

• bind-libs-32bit-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:

• bind-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• bind-chrootenv-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• bind-doc-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• bind-libs-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• bind-utils-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:

• bind-libs-32bit-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:

• bind-libs-x86-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:

• bind-libs-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• bind-utils-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:

• bind-libs-32bit-9.6ESVR7P2-0.8.1

References:

http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3817.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/772945

http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=e31cb22c3908ed163e0191b36c51844d