CVE-2016-2775

Priority
Medium
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.
References
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2775
https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01393/74/CVE-2016-2775
Notes
 mdeslaur> only if lwres is configured (not the default)
 mdeslaur> lwresd package is in universe
Package
Source: bind9 (LP Ubuntu Debian)
Upstream:needs-triage
Ubuntu 12.04 ESM (Precise Pangolin):needed
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr):needed
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):needed
Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus):needed
Ubuntu 17.10 (Artful Aardvark):needed
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):needed
Patches:
Upstream:https://source.isc.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=bind9.git;a=commit;h=38cc2d14e218e536e0102fa70deef99461354232
More Information

Updated: 2017-12-14 19:20:40 UTC (commit 13907)