Debian Security Advisory
DLA-672-1 bind9 -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 20 Oct 2016
- Affected Packages:
- bind9
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2016-2848.
- More information:
-
- CVE-2016-2848
A server vulnerable to this defect can be forced to exit with an assertion failure if it receives a malformed packet. Authoritative and recursive servers are both vulnerable.
For Debian 7
Wheezy
, these problems have been fixed in version 1:9.8.4.dfsg.P1-6+nmu2+deb7u12.We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- CVE-2016-2848