USN-1910-1: Bind vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 13.04
• Ubuntu 12.10
• Ubuntu 12.04
• Ubuntu 10.04

Packages

• bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server

Details

Maxim Shudrak discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed
rdata. A remote attacker could use this flaw with a specially crafted
query to cause Bind to stop responding, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 13.04

• bind9 - 1:9.9.2.dfsg.P1-2ubuntu2.1
• libdns95 - 1:9.9.2.dfsg.P1-2ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 12.10

• bind9 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2ubuntu3.3
• libdns81 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4.2ubuntu3.3

Ubuntu 12.04

• bind9 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7
• libdns81 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.7

Ubuntu 10.04

• libdns64 - 1:9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1ubuntu0.10
• bind9 - 1:9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1ubuntu0.10

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2013-4854