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[slackware-security] bind (SSA:2025-295-01)

Posted on 23 October 2025
Slackware Security

[slackware-security] bind (SSA:2025-295-01)

New bind packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/bind-9.18.41-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
DNSSEC validation fails if matching but invalid DNSKEY is found.
Address various spoofing attacks.
Cache-poisoning due to weak pseudo-random number generator.
For more information, see:
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-0677
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-40778
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2025-40780
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8677
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40778
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40780
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/bind-9.18.41-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/bind-9.18.41-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/n/bind-9.20.15-i686-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/n/bind-9.20.15-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
ec679a2c990fdc078ca89c8f09dcc2e9 bind-9.18.41-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
1210a9f1c0a13c3d0db4a930cfc85e27 bind-9.18.41-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
e055607d50eb07a3d39166cd2df19b1e n/bind-9.20.15-i686-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
0a05a4a85e285520d879fa02e6b9dee0 n/bind-9.20.15-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg bind-9.18.41-i586-1_slack15.0.txz

Then, restart the name server:

# /etc/rc.d/rc.bind restart


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Slackware Linux Security Team
http://slackware.com/gpg-key
security@slackware.com

 

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