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Ubuntu: USN-5747-1 (CVE-2016-6170): Bind vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-5747-1 (CVE-2016-6170): Bind vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/06/2016
Created
12/01/2022
Added
11/29/2022
Modified
05/01/2023

Description

ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-bind9
  • ubuntu-upgrade-lwresd
  • ubuntu-upgrade-ubuntu

References

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