[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: bind-9.6.1-4.P1.fc11

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-8119
2009-07-30 03:20:01.687336
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Name        : bind
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 9.6.1
Release     : 4.P1.fc11
URL         : http://www.isc.org/products/BIND/
Summary     : The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) DNS (Domain Name System) server
Description :
BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the DNS
(Domain Name System) protocols. BIND includes a DNS server (named),
which resolves host names to IP addresses; a resolver library
(routines for applications to use when interfacing with DNS); and
tools for verifying that the DNS server is operating properly.

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Update Information:

Update to the latest release which fixes important security issue.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Jul 29 2009 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 32:9.6.1-4.P1
- 9.6.1-P1 release (CVE-2009-0696)
- fix postun trigger (#513016, hopefully)
* Mon Jul 13 2009 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 32:9.6.1-3
- fix broken symlinks in bind-libs (#509635)
- fix typos in /etc/sysconfig/named (#509650)
- add DEBUG option to /etc/sysconfig/named (#510283)
* Wed Jun 24 2009 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 32:9.6.1-2
- improved "chroot automount" patches (#504596)
- host should fail if specified server doesn't respond (#507469)
* Thu Jun 18 2009 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 32:9.6.1-1
- 9.6.1 release
- simplify chroot maintenance. Important files and directories are mounted into
  chroot (see /etc/sysconfig/named for more info, #504596)
- fix doc/named.conf.default perms
* Wed May 27 2009 Adam Tkac <atkac redhat com> 32:9.6.1-0.4.rc1
- 9.6.1rc1 release
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #514292 - CVE-2009-0696 bind: DoS (assertion failure) via nsupdate packets
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=514292
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update bind' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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