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Unscored USN-3119-1 1 CVE

bind9 vulnerability

Published Nov 1, 2016 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

Tony Finch and Marco Davids discovered that Bind incorrectly handled
certain responses containing a DNAME answer. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of
service.

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 14.04 LTS 14.04:LTS bind9 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.10
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS bind9 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.2

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8864