BIND 9.9.9-P3 is now available
Michael McNally
mcnally at isc.org
Tue Sep 27 17:03:12 UTC 2016
Introduction
This document summarizes changes since BIND 9.9.9:
BIND 9.9.9-P3 addresses the security issue described in CVE-2016-2776.
BIND 9.9.9-P2 addresses the security issue described in CVE-2016-2775.
BIND 9.9.9-P1 addresses Windows installation issues 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
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
* It was possible to trigger a assertion when rendering a message
using a specially crafted request. This flaw is disclosed in
CVE-2016-2776. [RT #43139]
* 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
BIND 9.9 (Extended Support Version) will be supported until December,
2017. 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
http://www.isc.org/donate/.
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