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USN-6183-1: Bind vulnerabilities

21 June 2023

Several security issues were fixed in Bind.

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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)

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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.

Related notices

  • USN-6183-2: libirs-export160, libirs160, libisc169, libisccfg-export160, bind9-doc, libdns1100, libisccfg160, libisccc-export140-udeb, bind9, libisccfg-export140, bind9utils, libbind-dev, libisc160, liblwres160, dnsutils, libirs-export141, liblwres141, libbind-export-dev, libdns162, libirs141, libisccc140, libisccc90, libdns100, liblwres90, host, libisccc-export140, libisccfg90, libbind9-140, libbind9-160, libisc95, libisccc160, libbind9-90, libisc-export160, bind9-host, lwresd, libisc-export169, libdns-export162, libisccfg140, libdns-export1100, libisccc-export160