USN-5126-1: Bind vulnerability
28 October 2021
Bind could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.
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.
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: libisc95, lwresd, libbind9-90, libdns162, libisccfg140, libisc-export160, libbind9-140, liblwres141, dnsutils, libdns-export162, libisccfg90, libdns100, libirs141, libisccfg-export140, bind9-doc, bind9-host, libirs-export141, libisccc-export140-udeb, host, bind9utils, libisccc-export140, libisc160, liblwres90, libbind-export-dev, libbind-dev, libisccc140, libisccc90, bind9