Amazon Linux 2 Security Advisory: ALAS-2018-1082
Advisory Release Date: 2018-09-20 18:45 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2018-09-25 17:49 Pacific
Severity:
Important
Issue Overview:
A denial of service flaw was discovered in bind versions that include the "deny-answer-aliases" feature. This flaw may allow a remote attacker to trigger an INSIST assert in named leading to termination of the process and a denial of service condition.(CVE-2018-5740)
Affected Packages:
bind
Note:
This advisory is applicable to Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) Core repository. Visit this FAQ section for the difference between AL2 Core and AL2 Extras advisories.
Issue Correction:
Run yum update bind to update your system.
New Packages:
i686:
bind-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-pkcs11-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-pkcs11-utils-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-sdb-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-libs-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-utils-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-devel-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-chroot-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-sdb-chroot-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.i686
src:
bind-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.src
x86_64:
bind-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-pkcs11-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-pkcs11-utils-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-pkcs11-libs-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-pkcs11-devel-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-sdb-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-libs-lite-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-libs-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-utils-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-devel-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-lite-devel-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-chroot-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-sdb-chroot-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64
bind-debuginfo-9.9.4-61.amzn2.1.1.x86_64