bind9 vulnerability

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2018-5735  

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

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled DNSSEC validation. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.

19 February 2018

bind9 vulnerability

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

  • Ubuntu 12.04 ESM

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 DNSSEC validation. An attacker could possibly use this to cause a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
bind9 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.25

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