Security update for bind

SUSE Security Update: Security update for bind
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1048-3
Rating: moderate
References: #772945
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
  • SLE SDK 10 SP4
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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 may have been caused by high DNSSEC
    validation load (CVE-2012-3817).

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-3817
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    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:
    • bind-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-chrootenv-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-devel-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-doc-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-libs-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-utils-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:
    • bind-libs-32bit-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ia64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:
    • bind-libs-x86-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:
    • bind-devel-64bit-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-libs-64bit-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:
    • bind-libs-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-utils-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:
    • bind-libs-32bit-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (i586 ia64 ppc s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:
    • bind-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-chrootenv-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-devel-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • bind-doc-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1
    • SLE SDK 10 SP4 (ppc) [New Version: 9.6ESVR7P2]:
    • bind-devel-64bit-9.6ESVR7P2-0.7.1

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3817.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/772945
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=336ff0f5a24d826e2d8f3e523f06fe9c