Debian Jessie DSA-3680-1 Critical: Bind9 Denial of Service Threats
debian
September 27, 2016
Two vulnerabilities were reported in BIND, a DNS server
Topics Covered
Summary
Two vulnerabilities were reported in BIND, a DNS server.
CVE-2016-2775
The lwresd component in BIND (which is not enabled by default)
could crash while processing an overlong request name. This could
lead to a denial of service.
CVE-2016-2776
A crafted query could crash the BIND name server daemon, leading
to a denial of service. All server roles (authoritative,
recursive and forwarding) in default configurations are are
affected.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u7.
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-2016-2775 CVE-2016-2776
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