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USN-6642-1: Bind vulnerabilities

19 February 2024

Several security issues were fixed in Bind.

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Releases

Packages

  • bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server

Details

Shoham Danino, Anat Bremler-Barr, Yehuda Afek, and Yuval Shavitt discovered
that Bind incorrectly handled parsing large DNS messages. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, leading
to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-4408)

Elias Heftrig, Haya Schulmann, Niklas Vogel, and Michael Waidner discovered
that Bind icorrectly handled validating DNSSEC messages. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, leading
to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-50387)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled preparing an NSEC3 closest
encloser proof. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-50868)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled reverse zone queries when
nxdomain-redirect is enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Bind to crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-5517)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain specific recursive
query patterns. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to consume memory, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-6516)

Bind has been updated to 9.6.48. In addition to security fixes, the updated
packages contain bug fixes, new features, and possibly incompatible
changes.

Please see the following for more information:
https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.16.48/doc/arm/html/notes.html

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 20.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

Related notices

  • USN-6633-1: bind9, bind9-dev, bind9utils, bind9-dnsutils, bind9-doc, bind9-host, bind9-libs, dnsutils, bind9-utils
  • USN-6657-1: dnsmasq, dnsmasq-base-lua, dnsmasq-base, dnsmasq-utils
  • USN-6665-1: libunbound-dev, unbound, python3-unbound, unbound-host, python-unbound, unbound-anchor, libunbound8
  • USN-6723-1: libbind9-90, libirs141, libbind-dev, libisc-export169, libisccc-export140-udeb, libdns100, bind9-doc, libisccfg160, liblwres160, libisccc90, lwresd, libdns-export1100, libisccc160, libisccfg-export160, libirs-export160, libbind9-160, libirs-export141, libisccfg90, dnsutils, libdns-export162, host, libisc-export160, libisc160, libbind9-140, libisccc-export140, libisc169, libisccfg-export140, libisccfg140, bind9-host, libdns1100, libisccc-export160, libbind-export-dev, bind9, libdns162, libisccc140, bind9utils, liblwres141, libisc95, libirs160, liblwres90
  • USN-6657-2: dnsmasq, dnsmasq-base-lua, dnsmasq-base, dnsmasq-utils

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