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New bind packages are available for Slackware 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix a denial-of-service security issue



Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/bind-9.11.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
Fixed a race condition in dns_dispatch_getnext() that could cause an
assertion failure if a significant number of incoming packets were rejected.
For more information, see:
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2019-6471
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-6471
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :):

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/bind-9.11.8-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/bind-9.11.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/bind-9.11.8-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/bind-9.11.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/bind-9.11.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/bind-9.11.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/bind-9.14.3-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/bind-9.14.3-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
9607f8e5a02ddd973b611b132e27a18a bind-9.11.8-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
7ca41b2cc7476a177d86efb8e0d635ca bind-9.11.8-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
82fe22a0cd33f6401ea24ad0f2f4a3d3 bind-9.11.8-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
b5abf1923df6e5eeb88d3ef2764cf74c bind-9.11.8-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
c94fa2993da21984d436c8f7e6a31478 bind-9.11.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
681a10d5b96c806146b68e15c785e073 bind-9.11.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
27af9b7debe692841182193eb397e2da n/bind-9.14.3-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
a8e742c791d996a68be9e687a50b8288 n/bind-9.14.3-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg bind-9.11.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Then, restart the name server:

# /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart
  Bind (SSA:2019-171-01) Update for Slackware