RHSA-2012:1365High

Red Hat Security Advisory: bind security update

Published
October 12, 2012
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2012-4244 →CVE-2012-5166 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-4244 — bind: specially crafted resource record causes named to exit CVE-2012-5166 — bind: Specially crafted DNS data can cause a lockup in named

🎯 Affected products34

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-20:9.2.4-41.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-20:9.2.4-41.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-20:9.2.4-41.el4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-chroot-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-chroot-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-chroot-20:9.2.4-41.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-chroot-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-chroot-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-debuginfo-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-debuginfo-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-debuginfo-20:9.2.4-41.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-debuginfo-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-debuginfo-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-devel-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-devel-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-devel-20:9.2.4-41.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-devel-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-devel-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-libs-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-libs-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-libs-20:9.2.4-41.el4.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-libs-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-libs-20:9.2.4-41.el4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES (v. 4 ELS)
  • bind-utils-20:9.2.4-41.el4.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 4 ELS)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (7)