Ubuntu 15.10 USN-2874-1 Moderate Bind9 Denial of Service Issue

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January 19, 2016

Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network

traffic.

Software Description:

- bind9: Internet Domain Name Server

Details:

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain APL data. A remote

attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in

a denial of service.

Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security issue software update Ubuntu network traffic Bind9

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 15.10:
  bind9                           1:9.9.5.dfsg-11ubuntu1.2

Ubuntu 15.04:
  bind9                           1:9.9.5.dfsg-9ubuntu0.5

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  bind9                           1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.7

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
  bind9                           1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.15

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.