bind9 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in Bind.
Software Description
USN-4365-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Bind. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Lior Shafir, Yehuda Afek, and Anat Bremler-Barr discovered that Bind incorrectly limited certain fetches. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, leading to a denial of service, or possibly use Bind to perform a reflection attack. (CVE-2020-8616)
Tobias Klein discovered that Bind incorrectly handled checking TSIG validity. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly perform other attacks. (CVE-2020-8617)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
bind9 - 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm2
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
bind9 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.30
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
- Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Several security issues were fixed in Bind.
Software Description
- bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server
USN-4365-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Bind. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Lior Shafir, Yehuda Afek, and Anat Bremler-Barr discovered that Bind incorrectly limited certain fetches. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, leading to a denial of service, or possibly use Bind to perform a reflection attack. (CVE-2020-8616)
Tobias Klein discovered that Bind incorrectly handled checking TSIG validity. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly perform other attacks. (CVE-2020-8617)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
bind9 - 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm2
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
bind9 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.30
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Continue reading...
