SI60342 - OSP-DNS/Fix CVE-2016-1285 and CVE-2016-1286 for DNS bind

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APAR Error Description / Circumvention

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ISC released CVE-2016-1285 and CVE-2016-1286.
CVE-2016-1285: An error parsing input received by the rndc
control channel can cause an assertion failure in sexpr.c or
alist.c.
CVE-2016-1286: A problem parsing resource record signatures for
DNAME resource records can lead to an assertion failure in
resolver.c or db.c.

CORRECTION FOR APAR 'SE64572' :
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Fixed the problems with the ISC-provided fixes.

CIRCUMVENTION FOR APAR 'SE64572' :
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None.


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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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SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUPERSEDED PTF SI55866 :
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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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   SI59569      OSP-DNS CVE-2015-8704 SPECIFIC APL DATA COULD TRIGGER AN INS
   SI59100      OSP-DNS/Fix CVE-2015-8000 for DNS bind
   SI57893      TCPIP-CFG-UNPRED
   SI57655      TCPIP-CFG-UNPRED
   SI56803      F/ENDTCPSVR-MOD/QTOBJOBS-PRCS/ERRNO 3025
   SI56233      TCPIP-CFG-UNPRED
   SI55866      OSP-DNS Fix for CVE-2014-8500:  A Defect in Delegation Handl
   SI52362      OSP-DNS- ENDTCPSVR *DNS COMMAND SHOWS MSG TCP1A17 EVEN WITH
   SI52362      OSP Several DNS bug fixes
   SI51568      DNS - Fixes for DNS security vulnerabilities (CVE fixes)

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