[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: bind-9.9.1-2.P1.fc17

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-8968
2012-06-07 01:39:24
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Name        : bind
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 9.9.1
Release     : 2.P1.fc17
URL         : http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/
Summary     : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server
Description :
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS
(Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named),
which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library
(routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and
tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly.

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Update Information:

Update to the latest upstream release which fixes CVE-2012-1667. More information is available on http://www.isc.org/software/bind/advisories/cve-2012-1667
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Jun  4 2012 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 32:9.9.1-2.P1
- update to 9.9.1-P1 (CVE-2012-1667)
* Thu May 24 2012 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 32:9.9.1-1
- update to 9.9.1
- bind99-coverity.patch merged
- bind-9.5-overflow.patch merged
* Mon May  7 2012 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 32:9.9.0-6
- nslookup: return non-zero exit code when fail to get answer (#816164)
* Thu Apr 26 2012 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 32:9.9.0-5
- initscript: don't umount /var/named when didn't mount it
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #828078 - CVE-2012-1667 bind: handling of zero length rdata can cause named to terminate unexpectedly
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=828078
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update bind' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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