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FreeBSD: bind -- denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2016-2775)

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FreeBSD: bind -- denial of service vulnerability (CVE-2016-2775)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/19/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/08/2016
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P2, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P2, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0b2, when lwresd or the named lwres option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long request that uses the lightweight resolver protocol.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind9-devel
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind910
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind911
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bind99

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