BIND: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 201610-07

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in BIND, the worst of which could cause a Denial of Service condition.

Affected packages

net-dns/bind on all architectures
Affected versions < 9.10.4_p3
Unaffected versions >= 9.10.4_p3

Background

BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is a Name Server.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in BIND. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could cause a Denial of Service condition through multiple attack vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All BIND users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-dns/bind-9.10.4_p3"
 

References

Release date
October 11, 2016

Latest revision
October 11, 2016: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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