USN-3535-2: Bind vulnerability
17 January 2018
Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server
Details
USN-3535-1 fixed a vulnerability in Bind. This update provides
the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Jayachandran Palanisamy discovered that the Bind resolver incorrectly
handled fetch cleanup sequencing. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-3535-1: libisc95, libisccfg90, bind9utils, lwresd, liblwres141, libisccc90, libirs141, libisccfg140, libirs-export141, libisccfg-export140-udeb, libisccfg-export140, libisc-export160, bind9, libisc-export160-udeb, libdns-export162-udeb, host, libisccc-export140-udeb, bind9-doc, libbind9-140, liblwres90, libbind-export-dev, dnsutils, libisccc140, libirs-export141-udeb, bind9-host, libdns-export162, libbind9-90, libisc160, libdns162, libdns100, libisccc-export140, libbind-dev