Debian: DSA-2486-1 CVE-2012-1667 Moderate: BIND9 Denial Of Service
debian
June 5, 2012
It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, can crash while processing resource records containing no data bytes
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Summary
It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, can crash while processing
resource records containing no data bytes. Both authoritative serversand resolvers are affected.
For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze5.
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-2012-1667
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