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Debian: CVE-2016-2848: bind9 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-2848: bind9 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
10/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/31/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

ISC BIND 9.1.0 through 9.8.4-P2 and 9.9.0 through 9.9.2-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via malformed options data in an OPT resource record.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-bind9

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