bind, caching security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1179

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)

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.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-July/078214.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-July/078215.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-July/090971.html
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-July/090972.html

Affected packages:
bind
bind-chroot
bind-devel
bind-libbind-devel
bind-libs
bind-sdb
bind-utils
caching-nameserver

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009:1179