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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-2776: Security patch for bind (ALAS-2016-751)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-2776: Security patch for bind (ALAS-2016-751)

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C)
Published
09/28/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/28/2016
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct responses, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted query.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-bind

References

  • ALAS-2016-751
  • CVE-2016-2776
  • USN-3088-1
  • DLA-645-1
  • DSA-3680

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