vulnerability
Ubuntu: USN-7836-1 (CVE-2025-40780): Bind vulnerabilities
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N) | Oct 22, 2025 | Oct 23, 2025 | Oct 30, 2025 |
Description
Zuyao Xu and Xiang Li discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain
malformed DNSKEY records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause Bind to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2025-8677)
Yuxiao Wu, Yunyi Zhang, Baojun Liu, and Haixin Duan discovered that Bind
incorrectly accepted certain records from answers. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to perform a cache poisoning attack.
(CVE-2025-40778)
Amit Klein and Omer Ben Simhon discovered that Bind used a weak PRNG. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cache poisoning
attack. (CVE-2025-40780)
Solution
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