Debian Security Advisory
DSA-3511-1 bind9 -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 09 Mar 2016
- Affected Packages:
- bind9
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-1285, CVE-2016-1286.
- More information:
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Two vulnerabilites have been discovered in ISC's BIND DNS server.
- CVE-2016-1285
A maliciously crafted rdnc, a way to remotely administer a BIND server, operation can cause named to crash, resulting in denial of service.
- CVE-2016-1286
An error parsing DNAME resource records can cause named to crash, resulting in denial of service.
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u10.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u6.
For the testing (stretch) and unstable (sid) distributions, these problems will be fixed soon.
We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.
- CVE-2016-1285