Debian: DSA-3304-1: bind9 security update
Debian: DSA-3304-1: bind9 security update
Breno Silveira Soares of Servico Federal de Processamento de Dados (SERPRO) discovered that the BIND DNS server is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. A remote attacker who can cause a validating resolver to query a zone containing specifically constructed contents
- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3304-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso July 07, 2015 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : bind9 CVE ID : CVE-2015-4620 Breno Silveira Soares of Servico Federal de Processamento de Dados (SERPRO) discovered that the BIND DNS server is prone to a denial of service vulnerability. A remote attacker who can cause a validating resolver to query a zone containing specifically constructed contents can cause the resolver to terminate with an assertion failure, resulting in a denial of service to clients relying on the resolver. For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u5. For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u1. For the testing distribution (stretch) and the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. 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/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.