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Makes sense, so at some point I would hope to see a BIND update that would be the same upstream version but maybe have a higher number suffix on the package? It was just announced this morning so I don't expect to see an update yet but at some point soon I would I think.
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Makes sense, so at some point I would hope to see a BIND update that would be the same upstream version but maybe have a higher number suffix on the package? It was just announced this morning so I don't expect to see an update yet but at some point soon I would I think.

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I have a couple bind servers running CentOS 5.5 and running BIND which is version 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1<wbr />.el5_5.3. I just read about the newest BIND vulnterability and it says to upgrade to 9.7.3. When I do a &quot;yum check-upgrade&quot; there are no BIND updates.<br />
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I know distros provide what they feel is the stable release of applications. What I would like to know is why my BIND is so far behind and how (or if) I should upgrade to resolve the security issue.
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I have a couple bind servers running CentOS 5.5 and running BIND which is version 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3. I just read about the newest BIND vulnterability and it says to upgrade to 9.7.3. When I do a "yum check-upgrade" there are no BIND updates.

I know distros provide what they feel is the stable release of applications. What I would like to know is why my BIND is so far behind and how (or if) I should upgrade to resolve the security issue.

Why is my BIND version 9.3.6 on CentOS 5.5 when 9.7.3 is out?

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