RHBA-2012:0837 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated bind-dyndb-ldap packages that fix several bugs and add several
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The dynamic LDAP back end is a plug-in for BIND that provides back-end
capabilities to LDAP databases. It features support for dynamic updates and
internal caching that help to reduce the load on LDAP servers.

The bind-dyndb-ldap packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.1.0b2,
which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.
Space precludes documenting all of these changes in this advisory. Users are
directed to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 Technical Notes for information on
the most significant of these changes:

https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/bind-dyndb-ldap.html#RHBA-2012-0837

All users of bind-dyndb-ldap are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which provide numerous bug fixes and enhancements.

Solution

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

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

• BZ - 733371 - DNS zones are not loaded when idnsAllowQuery/idnsAllowTransfer is filled
• BZ - 751776 - Skip invalid record in a zone instead of refusing to load entire zone
• BZ - 754433 - [RFE] support bind forward zones, aka DNS conditional forwarding
• BZ - 766233 - RFE: Support zone transfers in bind-dyndb-ldap
• BZ - 767489 - Periodically reconnect to LDAP when the first connection fails
• BZ - 767492 - The plugin doesn't delete zone when it is deleted in LDAP and zone_refresh is set
• BZ - 767494 - Automatically update corresponding PTR record when A/AAAA record is updated
• BZ - 795406 - Hold bind and plugin global settings in LDAP
• BZ - 805871 - Incorrect SOA serial number set for forward zone during ipa-server installation.

CVEs

(none)

References

• https://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/6.3_Technical_Notes/bind-dyndb-ldap.html#RHBA-2012-0837