RHBA-2004:568 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated caching-nameserver package that fixes several bugs is now available.

Description

The caching-nameserver package includes the configuration files that
will make BIND, the DNS name server, act as a simple caching
nameserver. Many users on dial-up connections use this package along
with BIND for this purpose.

This updated package addresses the following issues:

• Support for all RFC1912 pseudo-TLDs

(0.in-addr.arpa, 255.in-addr.arpa) and the default TLDs :
( localdomain. and \[x0/124].ip6.arpa )
as well as the localhost. TLD

• Correct and safe interoperability with the bind-chroot package

All users of caching-nameserver should upgrade to this updated package,
which resolves these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied. Use Red Hat
Network to download and update your packages. To launch the Red Hat
Update Agent, use the following command:

up2date

For information on how to install packages manually, refer to the
following Web page for the System Administration or Customization
guide specific to your system:

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 3 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 3 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 3 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 84932 - BIND - Caching Nameserver RFC1912 Section 4.1
• BZ - 105593 - bind-chroot is missing essential zone files
• BZ - 107698 - error installing caching-nameserver
• BZ - 124992 - caching-nameserver doesn't work out of the box
• BZ - 128942 - Broken files in the named chroot environment
• BZ - 131021 - caching-nameserver creates broken links and lots of .rpmsave files on upgrade

CVEs

(none)

References

• Install package:
• caching-nameserver-7.3-3_EL3.noarch.rpm