GLSA 201502-03: BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date:	02/07/2015
Bugs:	#531998
ID:	201502-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service condition.

Background

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is a Name Server.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
net-dns/bind	< 9.10.1_p1	>= 9.10.1_p1	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker can cause a denial of service condition by the lack of GeoIP databases, or via a large or infinite number of referrals.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All bind users should upgrade to the latest version:

      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.10.1_p1"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.