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Debian: DSA-2518-1 Moderate: OpenSSL Vulnerability Update

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Calendar Grey July 30, 2012
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An important security update for Bind9 has been released, targeting a denial of service vulnerability that arises when cached data is utilized for validation under heavy traffic conditions.
Einar Lonn discovered that under certain conditions bind9, a DNS server, may use cached data before initialization

Summary

Einar Lonn discovered that under certain conditions bind9, a DNS server,
may use cached data before initialization. As a result, an attacker can
trigger and assertion failure on servers under high query load that do
DNSSEC validation.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze6.

For the testing distribution (wheezy), this problem will be fixed soon.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2.


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/




Package: bind9
CVE ID: CVE-2012-3817

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