Security Alert (A16-10-07): Vulnerability in ISC BIND

Description:

A vulnerability was found in the ISC BIND software released before May 2013 and in third-party versions that do not include fix number 3548. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted query to trigger an assertion failure which could cause the BIND to exit.

Both authoritative and recursive name servers are vulnerable to this problem.

Affected Systems:

• BIND 9.1.0 to 9.8.4-P2
• BIND 9.9.0 to 9.9.2-P2 

Impact:

Successful exploitation could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition on an affected system.

Recommendation:

Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) has released the following patches to solve the problems:

• BIND 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.4-P3 and 9.11.0
  http://www.isc.org/downloads/
  
  

Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the product vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

More Information:

https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01433
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2016/10/20/ISC-Releases-Security-Advisory
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2848