Debian Security Advisory
DLA-1485-1 bind9 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 30 Aug 2018
- Affected Packages:
- bind9
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2018-5740.
- More information:
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- CVE-2018-5740
The "deny-answer-aliases" feature in BIND has a flaw which can cause named to exit with an assertion failure.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u16.We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- CVE-2018-5740