Synopsis:          Important: bind97 security update

Advisory ID:       SLSA-2016:1945-1

Issue Date:        2016-09-28

CVE Numbers:       CVE-2016-2776

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Security Fix(es):



* A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND constructed a

response to a query that met certain criteria. A remote attacker could use

this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a

specially crafted DNS request packet. (CVE-2016-2776)

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SL5

  x86_64

    bind97-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm

    bind97-chroot-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm

    bind97-debuginfo-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm

    bind97-debuginfo-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm

    bind97-devel-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm

    bind97-devel-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm

    bind97-libs-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm

    bind97-libs-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm

    bind97-utils-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.x86_64.rpm

  i386

    bind97-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm

    bind97-chroot-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm

    bind97-debuginfo-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm

    bind97-devel-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm

    bind97-libs-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm

    bind97-utils-9.7.0-21.P2.el5_11.7.i386.rpm



- Scientific Linux Development Team