USN-6183-1: Bind vulnerabilities
21 June 2023
Several security issues were fixed in Bind.
Releases
Packages
- bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server
Details
Shoham Danino, Anat Bremler-Barr, Yehuda Afek, and Yuval Shavitt discovered
that Bind incorrectly handled the cache size limit. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to consume memory, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2023-2828)
It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled the recursive-clients
quota. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to
crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu
22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 22.10, and Ubuntu 23.04. (CVE-2023-2911)
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 23.04
Ubuntu 22.10
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-6183-2: libdns100, dnsutils, libisc-export169, libdns-export162, libisccc-export140, liblwres141, bind9, liblwres90, libirs160, libirs-export160, libisccc90, bind9-host, host, libbind9-160, libdns1100, lwresd, libisc95, libbind-export-dev, libisc160, libisccc160, libirs-export141, libisccc-export140-udeb, libdns-export1100, libisccfg90, libbind9-140, libisc169, liblwres160, libisccc140, libisccfg160, libisccfg-export140, libisccc-export160, libirs141, libisccfg-export160, bind9utils, libbind9-90, bind9-doc, libbind-dev, libisc-export160, libisccfg140, libdns162