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Debian: DSA-3023-1 Critical: bind9 Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey September 11, 2014
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The resolution for a denial of service vulnerability in bind9 is outlined in Debian's security notice DSA-3023-1, addressing a severe flaw in the DNS server.
Jared Mauch reported a denial of service flaw in the way BIND, a DNS server, handled queries for NSEC3-signed zones

Summary

For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u2.

For the testing distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-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: https://www.debian.org/security/



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Package: bind9
CVE ID: CVE-2014-0591

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