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USN-5126-1: Bind vulnerability

28 October 2021

Bind could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.

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Releases

Packages

  • bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server

Details

Kishore Kumar Kothapalli discovered that Bind incorrectly handled the lame
cache when processing responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Bind to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 21.10
Ubuntu 21.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

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

References

Related notices

  • USN-5126-2: libbind9-140, libisccc-export140-udeb, libdns-export162, libdns100, bind9-host, bind9-doc, bind9utils, host, libirs141, liblwres141, libbind-dev, libbind-export-dev, libisccc-export140, libdns162, libisc95, libisc160, libisccc140, dnsutils, libisccfg140, lwresd, libisc-export160, libisccfg90, libbind9-90, libirs-export141, libisccfg-export140, liblwres90, bind9, libisccc90