Date: 15 Nov 1999 17:49:43 +0100
From: “Marc Heuse” <<a
href=”mailto:marc@suse.de”>marc@suse.de>
SuSE Security Announcement
Package: bind8 < 8.2.2p2 + bind4 < 4.9.7-REL
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 01:56:04 GMT
Affected SuSE versions: all
Vulnerability Type: remote root compromise, denial of service
SuSE default package: yes (not activated by default)
Other affected systems: all unix systems using bind8
A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update as soon as possible or disable the service if you are
using this software on your SuSE Linux installation(s).
Other Linux distributions or operating systems might be affected
as well, please contact your vendor for information about this
issue.
Please note, that that we provide this information on “as-is”
basis only. There is no warranty whatsoever and no liability for
any direct, indirect or incidental damage arising from this
information or the installation of the update package.
1. Problem Description
Several vulnerabilities were found within bind4 and bind8.
2. Impact
All bind4 and bind8 versions can be crashed in certain
circumstances. bind8 8.2 until 8.2.1 can be compromised remotely
through a buffer overflow.
3. Solution
Updated the package from our FTP server.
Please verify these md5 checksums of the updates before
installing: (For SuSE 6.0, please use the 6.1 updates)
76afbb91c001880687e47f4dc0404807
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/n1/bind8-8.2.2-8.alpha.rpm
a5f453329a023221476143956cf11b2d
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update/6.1/n1/bindutil-8.2.2-8.alpha.rpm
f510a224c9f45014853c128bb0f0d0da
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/5.3/n1/bind-4.9.7-101.i386.rpm
1e6234a05cbe7dd3c4e207743d3b4f6f
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/5.3/n1/bind8-8.2.2-8.i386.rpm
036fbc51c9902f7fe5cba1db5ef171e0
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/5.3/n1/bindutil-8.2.2-8.i386.rpm
bca65a23d1e6ffe284956549e8eda731
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.1/n1/bind-4.9.7-101.i386.rpm
d0bb5a9d2e4a0bb918856681828d677a
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.1/n1/bind8-8.2.2-8.i386.rpm
23a77b3103ce7cae0003d632a228ce87
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.1/n1/bindutil-8.2.2-8.i386.rpm
3a69c1344e970d1edb580420614d052f
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/n1/bind-4.9.7-101.i386.rpm
e621dff7568fc5a6933e19df40283d0a
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/n1/bind8-8.2.2-8.i386.rpm
e3c23546e73f3cffeea662c9de953d99
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/6.2/n1/bindutil-8.2.2-8.i386.rpm
You can find updates on our ftp-Server:
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update
for Intel processors
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/axp/update
for Alpha processors
or try the following web pages for a list of mirrors:
http://www.suse.de/ftp.html
http://www.suse.com/ftp_new.html
Our webpage for patches:
http://www.suse.de/patches/index.html
Our webpage for security announcements:
http://www.suse.de/security
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