USN-3893-1: Bind vulnerabilities

Releases

• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 14.04 ESM

Packages

• bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server

Details

Toshifumi Sakaguchi discovered that Bind incorrectly handled memory. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume
resources, leading to a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.10. (CVE-2018-5744)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain trust anchors when
used with the "managed-keys" feature. A remote attacker could possibly use
this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2018-5745)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain controls for zone
transfers, contrary to expectations. (CVE-2019-6465)

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.10

• bind9 - 1:9.11.4+dfsg-3ubuntu5.1

Ubuntu 18.04

• bind9 - 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.5

Ubuntu 16.04

• bind9 - 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.12

Ubuntu 14.04

• bind9 - 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19

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

References

• CVE-2018-5744
• CVE-2018-5745
• CVE-2019-6465

Related notices

• USN-3893-2