bind9 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
* Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
* Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
Summary
Bind could be made to crash if it received a specially crafted
request.
Software Description
* bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server
Details
USN-4468-1 fixed a vulnerability in Bind. This update provides the
corresponding update for Ubuntu 12.04 ESM and Ubuntu 14.04 ESM.
Original advisory details:
Dave Feldman, Jeff Warren, and Joel Cunningham discovered that
Bind incorrectly handled certain truncated responses to a
TSIG-signed request. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2020-8622)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
bind9 - 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm3
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM
bind9 - 1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.31
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
* USN-4468-1
* CVE-2020-8622
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