SB2016012104 - Fedora 22 update for bind99



SB2016012104 - Fedora 22 update for bind99

Published: January 21, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2016012104
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-8704)

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

apl_42.c in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P3, 9.9.x, and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P3 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed Address Prefix List (APL) record.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.