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Debian 8 DSA-3319-1 Critical: Bind9 Denial Of Service Issue

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Calendar Grey July 28, 2015
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SECURE DNS server configurations to mitigate flooding attacks. Immediate patching necessary for vulnerabilities in current Ubuntu distributions.
Jonathan Foote discovered that the BIND DNS server does not properly handle TKEY queries
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u6.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u2.

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-2015-5477

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