USN-5126-1: Bind vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 21.10
• Ubuntu 21.04
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM

Packages

• bind9 - Internet Domain Name Server

Details

Kishore Kumar Kothapalli discovered that Bind incorrectly handled the lame
cache when processing responses. A remote attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause Bind to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 21.10

• bind9 - 1:9.16.15-1ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 21.04

• bind9 - 1:9.16.8-1ubuntu3.2

Ubuntu 20.04

• bind9 - 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.9

Ubuntu 18.04

• bind9 - 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.16

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2021-25219

Related notices

• USN-5126-2: bind9-host, dnsutils, libbind-dev, libisccc-export140, libisccc-export140-udeb, lwresd, host, libisccc90, bind9, libirs-export141, libisccfg90, libbind-export-dev, libdns100, liblwres141, bind9-doc, libbind9-140, libisccc140, libisc95, libdns162, libisccfg-export140, liblwres90, libirs141, libisc160, libisccfg140, libisc-export160, libdns-export162, bind9utils, libbind9-90