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Mandriva Update for bind MDVSA-2012:119 (bind)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Mandrake Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'bind' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.
Insight
Insight
A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in bind: High numbers of queries with DNSSEC validation enabled can cause an assertion failure in named, caused by using a bad cache data structure before it has been initialized (CVE-2012-3817). The updated packages have been upgraded to bind 9.7.6-P2 and 9.8.3-P2 which is not vulnerable to this issue.
Affected Software
Affected Software
bind on Mandriva Linux 2011.0, Mandriva Enterprise Server 5.2
Solution
Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.