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Debian Security Advisory DSA 2560-1 (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 2560-1.
Insight
Insight
It was discovered that BIND, a DNS server, hangs while constructing the additional section of a DNS reply, when certain combinations of resource records are present. This vulnerability affects both recursive and authoritative servers. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1:9.7.3.dfsg-1~squeeze8.
Solution
Solution
We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.