USN-3119-1: Bind vulnerability
USN-3119-1: Bind vulnerability Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3119-1 1st November, 2016 bind9 vulnerability A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 16.10 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Summary Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic. Software description bind9 – Internet Domain Name Server Details Tony Finch and Marco Davids discovered that Bind incorrectly handledcertain responses containing a DNAME answer. A remote attacker couldpossibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial ofservice. Update instructions The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version: Ubuntu 16.10: bind9 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-10.1ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: bind9 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: bind9 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS: bind9 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.19 To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades. In general, a standard system update will [ more… ]