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Avahi is an implementation of the DNS Service Discovery and Multicast DNS specifications for
Zeroconf Networking. Avahi and Avahi-aware applications allow users to plug a computer into a
network and automatically view other people to chat with, see printers to print to, and find shared files
on other computers.
If Avahi receives an invalid mDNS packet, then it will write a message to syslog. The log message
does not include the originating IP address of the packet, so it is not particularly useful to track down
the source of the issue.
This update changes the log message to include the originating IP address of any invalid mDNS
packets. This update also fixes some minor spelling errors in other log messages.
Users of avahi are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these issues.
1.16. bind
1.16.1. RHSA-2009:1179: Important security update
Important
This update has already been released (prior to the GA of this release) as the security
errata
RHSA-2009:1179
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Updated bind packages that fix a security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.
This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response
Team.
[Updated 29th July 2009] The packages in this erratum have been updated to also correct this issue in
the bind-sdb package.
The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS)
protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named); a resolver library (routines for applications to use
when interfacing with DNS); and tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating correctly.
A flaw was found in the way BIND handles dynamic update message packets containing the "ANY"
record type. A remote attacker could use this flaw to send a specially-crafted dynamic update packet
that could cause named to exit with an assertion failure. (
CVE-2009-0696
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)
Note: even if named is not configured for dynamic updates, receiving such a specially-crafted dynamic
update packet could still cause named to exit unexpectedly.
All BIND users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported
patch to resolve this issue. After installing the update, the BIND daemon (named) will be restarted
automatically.
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