Synopsis:    Important: bind97 security update
Issue Date:  2012-07-31
CVE Numbers: CVE-2012-3817


The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain
Name System (DNS) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver
library (routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and
tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.

An uninitialized data structure use flaw was found in BIND when DNSSEC
validation was enabled. A remote attacker able to send a large number of
queries to a DNSSEC validating BIND resolver could use this flaw to cause
it to exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure. (CVE-2012-3817)

Users of bind97 are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
correct this issue. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named)
will be restarted automatically.

SL5:
  i386
     bind97-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
     bind97-chroot-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
     bind97-debuginfo-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
     bind97-devel-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
     bind97-libs-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
     bind97-utils-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
  x86_64
     bind97-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
     bind97-chroot-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
     bind97-debuginfo-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
     bind97-debuginfo-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
     bind97-devel-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
     bind97-devel-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
     bind97-libs-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.i386.rpm
     bind97-libs-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm
     bind97-utils-9.7.0-10.P2.el5_8.2.x86_64.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team