SUSE Security Update: Security update for bind
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:1310-1
Rating:             important
References:         #831899 
Cross-References:   CVE-2013-4854
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It
   includes one version update.

Description:


   A specially crafted query with malicious rdata could have
   caused a crash  (DoS) in named.

   Security Issue reference:

   * CVE-2013-4854
   


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp3-bind-8161

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sdksp2-bind-8160

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-bind-8161

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch slessp3-bind-8161

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-bind-8160

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch slessp2-bind-8160

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp3-bind-8161

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-bind-8160

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-devel-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (ppc64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-devel-32bit-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-devel-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 (ppc64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-devel-32bit-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-chrootenv-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-doc-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-libs-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-utils-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-32bit-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-chrootenv-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-doc-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-libs-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-utils-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-32bit-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (ia64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-x86-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-chrootenv-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-doc-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-libs-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-utils-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware (x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-32bit-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-chrootenv-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-doc-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-libs-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-utils-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ppc64 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-32bit-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 (ia64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-x86-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-utils-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-32bit-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-9.9.3P2-0.5.1
      bind-utils-9.9.3P2-0.5.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (x86_64) [New Version: 9.9.3P2]:

      bind-libs-32bit-9.9.3P2-0.5.1


References:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4854.html
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/831899
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2013:1310-1: important: bind

August 7, 2013
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

A specially crafted query with malicious rdata could have caused a crash (DoS) in named. Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-4854 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sdksp3-bind-8161 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch sdksp2-bind-8160 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp3-bind-8161 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch slessp3-bind-8161 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware: zypper in -t patch slessp2-bind-8160 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2: zypper in -t patch slessp2-bind-8160 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3: zypper in -t patch sledsp3-bind-8161 - SUSE Linux Enterpri...

Read the Full Advisory

References

#831899

Cross- CVE-2013-4854

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 for VMware

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4854.html

https://bugzilla.novell.com/831899

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1310-1
Rating: important

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