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Posted on 29 January 2014
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201401-34
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: BIND: Denial of Service
Date: January 29, 2014
Bugs: #437828, #446094, #453974, #463497, #478316, #483208, #498016
ID: 201401-34

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, possibly resulting in
Denial of Service.

Background
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BIND is the Berkeley Internet Name Domain Server.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-dns/bind < 9.9.4_p2 >= 9.9.4_p2

Description
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review
the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact
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A remote attacker may be able to cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround
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There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
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All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.9.4_p2"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2012-5166
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5166
[ 2 ] CVE-2012-5688
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5688
[ 3 ] CVE-2012-5689
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2012-5689
[ 4 ] CVE-2013-2266
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-2266
[ 5 ] CVE-2013-3919
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-3919
[ 6 ] CVE-2013-4854
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4854
[ 7 ] CVE-2014-0591
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-0591

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201401-34.xml

Concerns?
=========
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
https://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2014 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5


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