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Ubuntu 20.10: USN-4737-1 Critical: BIND Denial Of Service

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Bind could be made to crash or run programs if it received specially crafted network traffic.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-4737-1
February 18, 2021

bind9 vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 20.10
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

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

Software Description:
- bind9: Internet Domain Name Server

Details:

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled GSSAPI security policy
negotiation. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Bind to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. In
the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the Bind AppArmor
profile.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 20.10:
  bind9                           1:9.16.6-3ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS:
  bind9                           1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.6

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  bind9                           1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.14

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  bind9                           1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.18

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4737-1
  CVE-2020-8625

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.16.6-3ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.6
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.14
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.18

Ubuntu 20.10: USN-4737-1 Critical: BIND Denial Of Service

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

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 20.10: bind9 1:9.16.6-3ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: bind9 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.6 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: bind9 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.14 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: bind9 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.18 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4737-1

CVE-2020-8625

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February 18, 2021

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.16.6-3ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.6 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.14 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.18

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