Debian DSA-2347-1 Critical: Bind9 Denial Of Service Threat
debian
November 16, 2011
It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, crashes while processing certain sequences of recursive DNS queries, leading to a denial of service
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Summary
It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, crashes while processing
certain sequences of recursive DNS queries, leading to a denial of
service. Authoritative-only server configurations are not affected by
this issue.
For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.6.ESV.R4+dfsg-0+lenny4.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze4.
We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: bind9
CVE ID: CVE-2011-4313
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