bind9 vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2012-5688  

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

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain crafted queries when DNS64 was enabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

6 December 2012

bind9 vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 12.10
  • Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

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 crafted queries when DNS64 was enabled. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.10
bind9 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2ubuntu3.1
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
bind9 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.5

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