A bind security update has been released for Slackware Linux 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current.

slackware-security: bind (SSA:2020-170-01)

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

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/bind-9.11.20-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a security issue:
It was possible to trigger an INSIST in lib/dns/rbtdb.c:new_reference() with
a particular zone content and query patterns.
For more information, see:
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8619
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8619
(* 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-9.11.20-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-9.11.20-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/bind-9.11.20-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-9.11.20-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/bind-9.11.20-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-9.11.20-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/bind-9.16.4-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/bind-9.16.4-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 14.0 package:
a27fd673dcc979eaf49bc7fd21f783aa bind-9.11.20-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
7c89a4bc798ed00503d33cce779dd789 bind-9.11.20-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
97fe233e50455cbf7d725ff79b2238b4 bind-9.11.20-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
77a1327539bf1d29d3162a8d06c8de0c bind-9.11.20-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware 14.2 package:
d77e5359a135e726dbff1d06a0bc07af bind-9.11.20-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
db4e73baa2ffc9f42e87a82e63142c99 bind-9.11.20-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
e39c999b1c0faddb5a8a86807bc4932e n/bind-9.16.4-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0969b416563bd49108cf32074ab8843f n/bind-9.16.4-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg bind-9.11.20-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Then, restart the name server:

# /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart