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Debian 8: DSA-3449-1 Critical: bind9 Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

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Calendar Grey January 19, 2016
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Crucial patch for bind9 on Debian mitigates potential denial of service vulnerabilities, strengthening overall security resilience.
It was discovered that specific APL RR data could trigger an INSIST failure in apl_42.c and cause the BIND DNS server to exit, leading to a denial-of-service
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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+deb7u9.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in
version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u5.

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-2015-8704

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