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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2547-1 (bind9)
Information
Severity
Severity
High
Family
Family
Debian Local Security Checks
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
7.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
2 years ago
Summary
The remote host is missing an update to bind9 announced via advisory DSA 2547-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, does not handle DNS records properly which approach size limits inherent to the DNS protocol. An attacker could use crafted DNS records to crash the BIND server process, leading to a denial of service. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze7.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.