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SI59101 - OSP-DNS/Fix CVE-2015-8000 for DNS bind

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Abstract

OSP-DNS/Fix CVE-2015-8000 for DNS bind


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APAR Error Description / Circumvention

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ISC released CVE-2015-8000. CVE-2015-8000 is about an error in
the parsing of incoming responses which allows some records with
an incorrect class to be accepted by BIND instead of being
rejected as malformed.

CORRECTION FOR APAR 'SE63677' :
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Fixed the potential problem with the ISC-provided fix.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR 'SE63677' :
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None.


Activation Instructions


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Special Instructions

END DOMAIN NAME SERVERS ON THE SYSTEM
EXAMPLE: ENDTCPSVR SERVER(*DNS) DNSSVR(*ALL)
THEN APPLY THE PTF
START DOMAIN NAME SERVER AGAIN
EXAMPLE: STRTCPSVR SERVER(*DNS) DNSSVR(<DNS_NAME>)

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PTF HAS ALREADY BEEN APPLIED AND ITS SPECIAL INSTRUCTION FOLLOWED,
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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUPERSEDED PTF SI55748 :
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END DOMAIN NAME SERVERS ON THE SYSTEM
EXAMPLE: ENDTCPSVR SERVER(*DNS) DNSSVR(*ALL)
THEN APPLY THE PTF
START DOMAIN NAME SERVER AGAIN
EXAMPLE: STRTCPSVR SERVER(*DNS) DNSSVR(<DNS_NAME>)


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Supersedes

PTF/FIX NO(S).  APAR TITLE LINE
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   SI57654      TCPIP-CFG-UNPRED
   SI55748      OSP-DNS Fix for CVE-2014-8500:  A Defect in Delegation Handl
   SI51669      DNS - BIND upgraded to 9.7.4-P1
   SI45939      OSP-DNS-F/QP2SHELL2-T/QTOBDNS-MSGCPFB9C6 DNS SERVER CRASHES
   SI44999      OSP-DNS-INCORROUT NSLOOKUP OUTPUT WRONG
   SI37039      Integrity Problem

Summary Information

System..............................i
Models..............................
Release.............................V7R1M0
Licensed Program...............5770SS1
APAR Fixed..........................View details for APAR SE63677
Superseded by:......................View fix details for PTF SI77757
Recompile...........................N
Library.............................QDNS
MRI Feature ........................NONE
Cum Level...........................NONE


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Modified date:
21 December 2021