Security update for bind

SUSE Security Update: Security update for bind
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2015:0488-1
Rating: important
References: #908994
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    This bind update to version 9.6-ESV-R11-W1 fixes the following security
    issue:

    * A flaw in delegation handling could be exploited to put named into
    an infinite loop. This has been addressed by placing limits on the
    number of levels of recursion named will allow (default 7), and the
    number of iterative queries that it will send (default 50) before
    terminating a recursive query (CVE-2014-8500, bnc#908994). The
    recursion depth limit is configured via the "max-recursion-depth"
    option, and the query limit via the "max-recursion-queries" option.

    Security Issues:

    * CVE-2014-8500

    Indications:

    Everybody should update.

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (i586 s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR11P1]:
      • bind-9.6ESVR11P1-0.10.1
      • bind-chrootenv-9.6ESVR11P1-0.10.1
      • bind-devel-9.6ESVR11P1-0.10.1
      • bind-doc-9.6ESVR11P1-0.10.1
      • bind-libs-9.6ESVR11P1-0.10.1
      • bind-utils-9.6ESVR11P1-0.10.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS (s390x x86_64) [New Version: 9.6ESVR11P1]:
      • bind-libs-32bit-9.6ESVR11P1-0.10.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8500.html
    • https://bugzilla.suse.com/908994
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=13586bdce180bbb68a1aee89f5a4dbe2