USN-6183-1: Bind vulnerabilities

Publication date

21 June 2023

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Bind.


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)

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

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
23.04 lunar bind9 –  1:9.18.12-1ubuntu1.1
22.10 kinetic bind9 –  1:9.18.12-0ubuntu0.22.10.2
22.04 jammy bind9 –  1:9.18.12-0ubuntu0.22.04.2
20.04 focal bind9 –  1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.15

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