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Unscored USN-2925-1 2 CVEs

bind9 vulnerabilities

Published Mar 9, 2016 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled input received by the rndc
control channel. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-1285)

It was discovered that Bind incorrectly parsed resource record signatures
for DNAME resource records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2016-1286)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS bind9 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.8

Vulnerabilities 2

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2016-1285 EPSS 58%

    named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 does not properly handle DNAME records when parsing f…

  • Unscored —
    CVE-2016-1286 EPSS 61%

    named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service …

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1285
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1286