[Cucumber-linux-security] bind-server (security update is available)

[Scott C. <sc...@cu...>]

  Update Information

A security update is available for bind-server for the following
versions of Cucumber Linux:

  * 1.1

Here are the details from the Cucumber 1.1 changelog:

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Thu Aug 9 15:26:33 EDT 2018
net-extra/bind-server upgraded from 9.11.4 to 9.11.4_P1 to fix CVE-2018-5740, a
	security vulnerability which allowed for a remote denial of service
	attack (a crash of named) via an assert failure on servers which have
	explicitly enabled the "deny-answer-aliases" feature. This feature is
	disabled by default. For more information see:
		https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=514
		https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5740
		https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01639
		https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01644/81/BIND-9.11.4-P1
multilib/net-extra/bind-server-lib_i686 upgraded from 9.11.4 to 9.11.4_P1
	(x86_64 only)
* SECURITY FIX *
+----------------+

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  CLD and CVE Information

This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency
(CLD) and CVE numbers:

  * CLD-514 [CVE-2018-5740]
    (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=514)

More information about these CLDs can be found at their respective pages
on the Cucumber Linux Security Advisory Tracker (these are the URLs in
parenthesis above).

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  Installing the Update

The updated package can be installed via Pickle by running the following
commands (as root):

# pickle --update
# pickle

Make sure bind-server is selected on the update list, and then select
Ok. Pickle will then install the updated package.

If you prefer to download the updated package manually, it can be found
on the mirror at http://mirror.cucumberlinux.com/cucumber/.

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