[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: bind-9.9.1-10.P3.fc18

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-13922
2012-09-13 16:41:53
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Name        : bind
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 9.9.1
Release     : 10.P3.fc18
URL         : http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/
Summary     : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server
Description :
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS
(Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named),
which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library
(routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and
tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly.

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Update Information:

Update to the 9.9.1-P3 security release. This update also fixes following issues:

* bind now uses systemd-rpm macros for starting/restarting of the named daemon. (BZ#850045)

* the NetworkManager dispatcher script contained wrong path to systemcl utility. (BZ#837173)

* named-chroot.service systemd unit didn't work. (BZ#825869)

* bind-devel package wasn't multilib clean. (BZ#478718)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #856754 - CVE-2012-4244 bind: specially crafted resource record causes named to exit
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856754
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update bind' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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