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Debian 10 Buster: Critical Bind9 DoS Vulnerability DLA-3726-1 Alert

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Calendar Grey January 30, 2024
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BIND security patch resolves heap overflow vulnerability leading to service interruption. Update advised for Ubuntu administrators.
An issue has been discovered in BIND, a DNS server implementation
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security advisory critical debian doS bind9 dns stack exhaustion

Summary

An issue has been discovered in BIND, a DNS server implementation.

A stack exhaustion flaw was discovered in the control channel code
which may result in denial of service (named daemon crash).


For Debian 10 buster, this problem has been fixed in version
1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u10.

We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.

For the detailed security status of bind9 please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/bind9

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS



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Package: bind9
Version: 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u10
CVE ID: CVE-2023-3341

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