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: liblwres90, libisc-export160-udeb, libisccfg-export140, libisccc140, libisc-export160, libbind9-90, bind9utils, libisccc-export140, libisccc-export140-udeb, liblwres141, libdns162, libisccfg90, libbind9-140, bind9-host, libbind-export-dev, bind9, libirs-export141-udeb, libisc160, libisccfg-export140-udeb, libisccfg140, host, libisc95, libdns-export162, libisccc90, libirs-export141, lwresd, dnsutils, bind9-doc, libirs141, libdns-export162-udeb, libdns100, libbind-dev