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SUSE: CVE-2018-5740: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2018-5740: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/27/2018
Created
06/05/2019
Added
06/03/2019
Modified
02/04/2022

Description

"deny-answer-aliases" is a little-used feature intended to help recursive server operators protect end users against DNS rebinding attacks, a potential method of circumventing the security model used by client browsers. However, a defect in this feature makes it easy, when the feature is in use, to experience an assertion failure in name.c. Affects BIND 9.7.0->9.8.8, 9.9.0->9.9.13, 9.10.0->9.10.8, 9.11.0->9.11.4, 9.12.0->9.12.2, 9.13.0->9.13.2.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-bind
  • suse-upgrade-bind-chrootenv
  • suse-upgrade-bind-devel
  • suse-upgrade-bind-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-bind-doc
  • suse-upgrade-bind-libs
  • suse-upgrade-bind-libs-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-bind-lwresd
  • suse-upgrade-bind-utils
  • suse-upgrade-libbind9-160
  • suse-upgrade-libbind9-160-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libbind9-1600
  • suse-upgrade-libdns1605
  • suse-upgrade-libdns169
  • suse-upgrade-libdns169-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libirs-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libirs160
  • suse-upgrade-libirs160-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libirs1601
  • suse-upgrade-libisc1606
  • suse-upgrade-libisc166
  • suse-upgrade-libisc166-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libisccc160
  • suse-upgrade-libisccc160-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libisccc1600
  • suse-upgrade-libisccfg160
  • suse-upgrade-libisccfg160-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libisccfg1600
  • suse-upgrade-liblwres160
  • suse-upgrade-liblwres160-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libns1604
  • suse-upgrade-python-bind
  • suse-upgrade-python3-bind

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