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USN-6723-1: Bind vulnerabilities

9 April 2024

Bind could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

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Releases

Packages

  • bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server

Details

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)

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

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

Related notices

  • USN-6633-1: bind9-host, bind9utils, bind9-utils, dnsutils, bind9-libs, bind9-dnsutils, bind9, bind9-doc, bind9-dev
  • 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-6657-2: dnsmasq, dnsmasq-base, dnsmasq-base-lua, dnsmasq-utils