USN-6633-1: Bind vulnerabilities
13 February 2024
Several security issues were fixed in Bind.
Releases
Packages
- bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server
Details
Shoham Danino, Anat Bremler-Barr, Yehuda Afek, and Yuval Shavitt discovered
that Bind incorrectly handled parsing large DNS messages. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, leading
to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-4408)
Elias Heftrig, Haya Schulmann, Niklas Vogel, and Michael Waidner discovered
that Bind icorrectly handled validating DNSSEC messages. A remote attacker
could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, leading
to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-50387)
It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled preparing an NSEC3 closest
encloser proof. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-50868)
It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled reverse zone queries when
nxdomain-redirect is enabled. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Bind to crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-5517)
It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled recursive resolution when
both DNS64 and serve-stable were enabled. A remote attacker could possibly
use this issue to cause Bind to crash, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-5679)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.10
Ubuntu 22.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Related notices
- USN-6642-1: bind9-host, bind9utils, bind9-utils, dnsutils, bind9-libs, bind9-dnsutils, bind9, bind9-doc
- USN-6657-1: dnsmasq, dnsmasq-base, dnsmasq-base-lua, dnsmasq-utils
- USN-6665-1: libunbound8, unbound-host, unbound, libunbound-dev, unbound-anchor, python-unbound, python3-unbound
- USN-6723-1: libisccfg140, libirs141, libirs-export160, libisc95, libisccc160, libisccc-export140-udeb, bind9, libisc-export169, libbind9-140, libisccc90, bind9-doc, libisccfg90, liblwres141, libdns162, bind9-host, libirs-export141, dnsutils, libbind9-90, libisc169, libdns1100, libisccfg-export160, libbind9-160, libirs160, bind9utils, libisccc-export140, liblwres90, libisc160, liblwres160, libbind-export-dev, libdns-export1100, libisc-export160, libisccfg-export140, libisccc140, libbind-dev, lwresd, libdns100, libisccfg160, host, libisccc-export160, libdns-export162
- USN-6657-2: dnsmasq, dnsmasq-base, dnsmasq-base-lua, dnsmasq-utils