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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS USN-5429-1 Critical Bind Crash: Denial Of Service

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Calendar Grey May 18, 2022
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Protect your Ubuntu 22.04 LTS from the recent Bind crash exploit by updating your packages and rebooting your system for enhanced security
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:

Thomas Amgarten discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain TLS

connections being destroyed. A remote attacker could possibly use this

issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update Ubuntu network traffic crash issue Bind

Update Instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS:
  bind9                           1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.1

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

References

CVE-2022-1183

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May 18, 2022

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service security update Ubuntu network traffic crash issue Bind

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bind9/1:9.18.1-1ubuntu1.1

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