ELSA-2020-4500: Security update for 17 packages

ELSA-2020-4500, released November 10, 2020, fixes 4 CVEs across 17 products. None of them is reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High

CVEs closed

None rated Critical

Exploited

None reported

Highest CVSS

7.5

Base score, 0 to 10

Highest EPSS

0.0661

93rd percentile

Priority of the 4 CVEs

Patch now 0
                                Urgent 0
                                High 1
                                Routine 3

Fixed package versions

Product	Release	Fixed in
bind	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-chroot	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-devel	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-export-devel	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-export-libs	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-libs	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-libs-lite	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-license	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-lite-devel	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-pkcs11	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-pkcs11-devel	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-pkcs11-libs	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-pkcs11-utils	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-sdb	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-sdb-chroot	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
bind-utils	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8
python3-bind	ol 8	32:9.11.20-5.el8

CVEs this fix closes

Priority	CVE	Title	CVSS	EPSS	Exploitation
High	CVE-2020-8623	bind: The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols	7.5	0.0661	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-8622	bind: The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols	6.5	0.0590	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-8624	bind-pkcs11-devel: The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols	4.3	0.0382	None reported
Routine	CVE-2020-8619	bind: The Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols	4.9	0.0215	None reported

Also fixes CVE-2020-8623

bind9 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.3
bind9 on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
bind9-dnsutils 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.3
bind9-dnsutils on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
bind9-host 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.3
bind9-host on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
bind9-libs 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.3
bind9-libs on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
bind9-utils 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.3
bind9-utils on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
bind9utils 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.3
bind9utils on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
dnsutils 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.3
dnsutils on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (focal)
RHSA-2020:4500
bind, bind-chroot, bind-devel and 14 more on RHEL 8

Vendor advisory

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2020-4500.html

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