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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9444: BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2016-9444: BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
01/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
01/08/2018

Description

named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.9-P5, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P5, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0-P2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DS resource record in an answer.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-bind

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