RHBA-2006:0711 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated bind packages that fix several bugs are now available.

Description

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS
(Domain Name System) protocols. The bind package provides a DNS server
(named), which resolves host names to IP addresses, and tools for
control and verification of the DNS server. The bind-libs package
provides the libraries used by the DNS server and bind-utils. The
bind-utils package provides DNS lookup utilities: host(1), dig(1),
and nslookup. The bind-devel package provides header files for
development with the BIND libraries. A default set of DNS server
configuration files is provided by the caching-nameserver package.

This update contains these fixes:

• fixed dependencies to bind-libs package
• dns-keygen now returns right exit status on ia64
• fixed rndc.conf; rndc configuration utility can now manage DNS server

All BIND users are advised to upgrade to these updated bind packages, which
apply these fixes.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:

up2date

This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 171178 - bind-utils should Require: bind-libs
• BZ - 178942 - dns-keygen returns non-zero exit status on ia64
• BZ - 203070 - rndc.conf change breaks working bind config
• BZ - 204288 - postinstall scriptlet sets wrong permission (0655) to directories in /var/named/chroot/var/named

CVEs

(none)

References

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