Debian Security Advisory

DLA-3138-1 bind9 -- LTS security update

Date Reported:
05 Oct 2022
Affected Packages:
bind9
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2022-2795, CVE-2022-38177, CVE-2022-38178.
More information:

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in BIND, a DNS server implementation.

  • CVE-2022-2795

    Yehuda Afek, Anat Bremler-Barr and Shani Stajnrod discovered that a flaw in the resolver code can cause named to spend excessive amounts of time on processing large delegations, significantly degrade resolver performance and result in denial of service.

  • CVE-2022-38177

    It was discovered that the DNSSEC verification code for the ECDSA algorithm is susceptible to a memory leak flaw. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause BIND to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

  • CVE-2022-38178

    It was discovered that the DNSSEC verification code for the EdDSA algorithm is susceptible to a memory leak flaw. A remote attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause BIND to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your bind9 packages.

For the detailed security status of bind9 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/bind9

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