Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2437-1
9th December, 2014
bind9 vulnerability
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its
derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Summary
Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted network
traffic.
Software description
- bind9
– Internet Domain Name Server
Details
Florian Maury discovered that Bind incorrectly handled delegation. A remote
attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources
and crash, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package version:
- Ubuntu 14.10:
-
bind9
1:9.9.5.dfsg-4.3ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
-
bind9
1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.1
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
-
bind9
1:9.8.1.dfsg.P1-4ubuntu0.9
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS:
-
bind9
1:9.7.0.dfsg.P1-1ubuntu0.12
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.