Security update for bind

SUSE Security Update: Security update for bind
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1333-1
Rating: critical
References: #780157
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS
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    An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

    Description:


    This update fixes a bug where specially-crafted RRs could
    have caused a Denial of Service (Application crash) in
    named. CVE-2012-4244 was assigned to this issue.

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-4244
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    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64):
    • bind-9.3.4-1.40.1
    • bind-chrootenv-9.3.4-1.40.1
    • bind-devel-9.3.4-1.40.1
    • bind-doc-9.3.4-1.40.1
    • bind-libs-9.3.4-1.40.1
    • bind-utils-9.3.4-1.40.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP3 LTSS (s390x x86_64):
    • bind-libs-32bit-9.3.4-1.40.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4244.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/780157
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5798d03a4e2045a2e1ed416f1e06f583