RHSA-2012:1363: bind security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C) | October 10, 2012 | October 16, 2012 | July 04, 2017 |
Description
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of theDomain Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); aresolver library (routines for applications to use when interfacing withDNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.A flaw was found in the way BIND handled certain combinations of resourcerecords. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause a recursiveresolver, or an authoritative server in certain configurations, to lockup.(CVE-2012-5166)Users of bind are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, whichcorrect this issue. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named)will be restarted automatically.
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Solution
redhat-upgrade-bindRelated Vulnerabilities
- ELSA-2012-1365 Important: Oracle Linux bind security update
- ELSA-2013-0550 Moderate: Oracle Linux bind security and enhancement update
- SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-5166
- OS X update for Bind (CVE-2012-5166)
- ELSA-2012-1363 Important: Oracle Linux bind security update
- Gentoo Linux: CVE-2012-5166: BIND: Denial of Service
- F5 Networks: K14201 (CVE-2012-5166): BIND denial-of-service attack CVE-2012-5166/CVE-2012-4244
- DSA-2560-1 bind9 -- denial of service
- USN-1601-1: Bind vulnerability
- ISC BIND: Specially crafted DNS data can cause a lockup in named (CVE-2012-5166)
- IBM AIX: bind9_advisory5 (CVE-2012-5166): Vulnerability in AIX bind
- Alpine Linux: CVE-2012-5166: Vulnerability in bind < 9.9.1-P4,9.8.3-P4 allows remote denial of service
- ELSA-2012-1364 Important: Oracle Linux bind97 security update
- RHSA-2012:1364: bind97 security update
- RHSA-2012:1365: bind security update
- Sun Patch: SunOS 5.10: BIND patch
- Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2012-5166: Vulnerability in BIND
- Sun Patch: SunOS 5.9: in.dhcpd libresolv and BIND9 patch
- Sun Patch: SunOS 5.10_x86: BIND patch
- Cent OS: CVE-2012-5166: CESA-2012:1363 (bind)
- FreeBSD: dns/bind9* -- crash on deliberately constructed combination of records (CVE-2012-5166)
- FreeBSD: FreeBSD -- Multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities with named(8) (FreeBSD-SA-12:06.bind) (Multiple CVEs)
- ELSA-2014-1984 Important: Oracle Linux bind security update
- OS X update for Apache (CVE-2012-5166)
- Amazon Linux AMI: Security patch for bind (ALAS-2012-138) (CVE-2012-5166)
- HP-UX: CVE-2012-5166: Running BIND, Remote Denial of Service (DoS), Authentication Bypass
- Sun Patch: SunOS 5.9_x86: in.dhcpd libresolv and BIND9 patch