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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201903-13 ] BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 01:55:05
Message-Id: 20190314014205.GE14998@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201903-13
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: March 14, 2019
10 Bugs: #657654, #666946
11 ID: 201903-13
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, the worst of which
19 could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is a Name Server.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 net-dns/bind < 9.12.1_p2-r1 >= 9.12.1_p2-r1
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review
38 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 BIND can improperly permit recursive query service to unauthorized
44 clients possibly resulting in a Denial of Service condition or to be
45 used in DNS reflection attacks.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All bind users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.12.1_p2-r1"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2018-5738
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5738
65 [ 2 ] CVE-2018-5740
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5740
67 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-5741
68 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-5741
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70 Availability
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73 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
74 the Gentoo Security Website:
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76 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201903-13
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78 Concerns?
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81 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
82 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
83 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
84 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
85 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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87 License
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90 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
91 belongs to its owner(s).
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93 The contents of this document are licensed under the
94 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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96 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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