Ubuntu Security Notice USN-343-1
8th September, 2006
bind9 vulnerabilities
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS
- Ubuntu 5.10
- Ubuntu 5.04
Details
bind did not sufficiently verify particular requests and responses
from other name servers and users. By sending a specially crafted
packet, a remote attacker could exploit this to crash the name server.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:
- Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
- bind9 1:9.3.2-2ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 5.10:
- bind9 1:9.3.1-2ubuntu1.1
- Ubuntu 5.04:
- bind9 1:9.2.4-1ubuntu1.1
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.