1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5827-1

USN-5827-1: Bind vulnerabilities

Publication date

25 January 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Bind.

Releases

Packages

  • bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server

Details

Rob Schulhof discovered that Bind incorrectly handled a large number of
UPDATE messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-3094)

Borja Marcos discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain RRSIG
queries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-3736)

Maksym Odinintsev discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain answers
from stale cache. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-3924)

Rob Schulhof discovered that Bind incorrectly handled a large number of
UPDATE messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2022-3094)

Borja Marcos discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain RRSIG
queries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-3736)

Maksym Odinintsev discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain answers
from stale cache. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and Ubuntu 22.10. (CVE-2022-3924)

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
22.10 kinetic bind9 –  1:9.18.4-2ubuntu2.1
22.04 jammy bind9 –  1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.3
20.04 focal bind9 –  1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.12

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