SB2016031123 - Fedora 23 update for bind
Published: March 11, 2016 Updated: April 24, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 3 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1285)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to a crash the entire system.
named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 does not properly handle DNAME records when parsing fetch reply messages, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet to the rndc (aka control channel) interface, related to alist.c and sexpr.c.
2) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1286)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to a crash the entire system.
named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.8-P4 and 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted signature record for a DNAME record, related to db.c and resolver.c.
3) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-2088)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to a crash the entire system.
resolver.c in named in ISC BIND 9.10.x before 9.10.3-P4, when DNS cookies are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (INSIST assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed packet with more than one cookie option.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.