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Posted on 07 February 2015
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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201502-03
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: BIND: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: February 07, 2015
Bugs: #531998
ID: 201502-03

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Synopsis
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Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, allowing remote
attackers to cause a
denial of service condition.

Background
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BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is a Name Server.

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 net-dns/bind < 9.10.1_p1 >= 9.10.1_p1

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 can cause a denial of service condition by the lack
of GeoIP databases, or via a large or infinite number of referrals.

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-9.10.1_p1"

References
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[ 1 ] CVE-2014-3214
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-3214
[ 2 ] CVE-2014-8500
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8500
[ 3 ] CVE-2014-8680
http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-8680

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-201502-03.xml

Concerns?
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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 2015 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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