[Cucumber-linux-security] bind-server (security update is available)
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From: Scott C. <sc...@cu...> - 2019-04-27 22:39:37
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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: +----------------+ Sat Apr 27 18:17:51 EDT 2019 net-extra/bind-server upgraded from 9.11.5 to 9.11.6_P1 to fix two security vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-5743, which allowed for a remote attacker to cause a denial of service (a hang of named, and possibly a complete denial of service to the entire filesystem BIND is located on) due to ineffective limiting of simultaneous TCP client connections; and CVE-2019-6467, which allowed for a remote denial of service (crash of named) due to an assertion failure in query.c. For more information see: https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=694 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-5743 https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2018-5743 https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=696 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6467 https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2019-6467 net-base/bind-client upgraded from 9.11.5 to 9.11.6_P1. Note that the aforementioned vulnerabilities affect only named, so the bind-client package is unaffected by them. * SECURITY FIX * +----------------+ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ CLD and CVE Information This update is associated with the following Cucumber Linux Deficiency (CLD) and CVE numbers: * CLD-694 [CVE-2018-5743] (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=694) * CLD-696 [CVE-2019-6467] (https://security.cucumberlinux.com/security/details.php?id=696) 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). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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/. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Cucumber Linux Security Team cuc...@li... <mailto:cuc...@li...> https://www.cucumberlinux.com/security.php |