BIND 9.10.4-P2 is now available
Michael McNally
mcnally at isc.org
Mon Jul 18 23:59:59 UTC 2016
Introduction
This document summarizes changes since BIND 9.10.4:
BIND 9.10.4-P2 addresses the security issue described in CVE-2016-2775.
BIND 9.10.4-P1 addresses Windows installation issues, the %z modifier
is not supported under Windows and a race condition in the rbt/rbtdb
implementation resulting in named exiting due to assertion failures
being detected.
Download
The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at
[1]http://www.isc.org/downloads/. There you will find additional
information about each release, source code, and pre-compiled versions
for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
Security Fixes
* getrrsetbyname with a non absolute name could trigger an infinite
recursion bug in lwresd and named with lwres configured if when
combined with a search list entry the resulting name is too long.
This flaw is disclosed in CVE-2016-2775. [RT #42694]
New Features
* None.
Feature Changes
* None.
Porting Changes
* None.
Bug Fixes
* Windows installs were failing due to triggering UAC without the
installation binary being signed.
* A race condition in rbt/rbtdb was leading to INSISTs being
triggered.
End of Life
The end of life for BIND 9.10 is yet to be determined but will not be
before BIND 9.12.0 has been released for 6 months.
[2]https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/
Thank You
Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible.
If you would like to contribute to ISC to assist us in continuing to
make quality open source software, please visit our donations page at
[3]http://www.isc.org/donate/.
References
1. http://www.isc.org/downloads/
2. https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/
3. http://www.isc.org/donate/
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