Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Dan Luther discovered that Bind incorrectly handled zero length rdata fields. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Bind to crash or behave erratically, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-1667)
5 June 2012
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network traffic.
Dan Luther discovered that Bind incorrectly handled zero length rdata fields. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Bind to crash or behave erratically, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-1667)
It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled revoked domain names. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause malicious domain names to be continuously resolvable even after they have been revoked. (CVE-2012-1033)
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
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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