USN-6183-1: Bind vulnerabilities
21 June 2023
Several security issues were fixed in Bind.
Releases
Packages
- bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server
Details
Shoham Danino, Anat Bremler-Barr, Yehuda Afek, and Yuval Shavitt discovered
that Bind incorrectly handled the cache size limit. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to consume memory, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-2828)
It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled the recursive-clients
quota. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-2911)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-6183-2: libbind-export-dev, libbind9-90, libdns162, bind9utils, dnsutils, bind9-doc, bind9-host, libisccc140, libbind9-140, libdns-export1100, libisccc-export160, libdns1100, libisc169, libisccfg-export160, libirs160, lwresd, libisccc-export140, libisccfg90, libirs-export160, libisccc90, liblwres90, libisc160, bind9, libirs-export141, liblwres141, libdns100, libisc-export160, libisc-export169, libbind-dev, libisccc160, libisc95, host, libdns-export162, libisccfg140, libisccfg-export140, libirs141, libisccc-export140-udeb, liblwres160, libbind9-160, libisccfg160