Debian: DSA-3511-1 Critical: BIND DNS Denial Of Service Advisory
debian
March 9, 2016
Two vulnerabilites have been discovered in ISC's BIND DNS server
Topics Covered
Summary
CVE-2016-1285
A maliciously crafted rdnc, a way to remotely administer a BIND server,
operation can cause named to crash, resulting in denial of service.
CVE-2016-1286
An error parsing DNAME resource records can cause named to crash,
resulting in denial of service.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u10.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6.
For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these
problems 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/
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Package: bind9
CVE ID: CVE-2016-1285 CVE-2016-1286
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