1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3172-1

USN-3172-1: Bind vulnerabilities

Publication date

12 January 2017

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Bind.

Releases

Packages

  • bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server

Details

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed responses
to an ANY query. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9131)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed responses
to an ANY query. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9147)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed DS record
responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-9444)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed responses
to an ANY query. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9131)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed responses
to an ANY query. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-9147)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed DS record
responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
14.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 16.10. (CVE-2016-9444)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.10 yakkety bind9 –  1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu1.2
16.04 xenial bind9 –  1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.4
14.04 trusty bind9 –  1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.11
12.04 precise bind9 –  1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.20

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