USN-2728-1: Bind vulnerability
2 September 2015
Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Releases
Packages
- bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server
Details
Hanno Böck discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed keys
when configured to perform DNSSEC validation. A remote attacker could use
this issue with specially crafted zone data 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 15.04
Ubuntu 14.04
Ubuntu 12.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.