Query on issue#2389 BIND 9.16.10

[Ondřej Surý]

All the information available is always written down in the issue you have already referenced. That’s always the case - even with security issues, there’s only 1 month+ delay to give people chance to upgrade.

Ondřej
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> On 18. 10. 2021, at 12:58, Rajnish Kamboj <rajnish.kamboj at ericsson.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Ondrej for your quick reply,
> 
> Upgrading to latest release will fix the issue.
> Can you also help us with scenarios as to why this issue is occurring?
> May be this will help us in quick workaround (if possible) till the time we plan for latest BIND.
> 
> 
> Regards
> Rajnish Kamboj
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ondřej Surý <ondrej at isc.org> 
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 3:28 PM
> To: Rajnish Kamboj <rajnish.kamboj at ericsson.com>
> Cc: bind-users at lists.isc.org
> Subject: Re: Query on issue#2389 BIND 9.16.10
> 
> Hi,
> 
> there were several security issues since 9.16.10, you should be running either last 9.16.x release (9.16.21 as of time writing this email) or have all of the issues patched.
> 
> The thing you are asking for is so wrong on so many levels. Don’t do that, upgrade to last version instead.
> 
> Ondrej
> --
> Ondřej Surý (He/Him)
> ondrej at isc.org
> 
>> On 18. 10. 2021, at 11:51, Rajnish Kamboj via bind-users <bind-users at lists.isc.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Team,
>> Currently we are using Bind version 9.16.10,
>> 
>> My Query
>> I recently found that there is an issue with the 9.16.10 version. "Issue#2389 BIND 9.16.10: critical: xfrout.c:1643: INSIST(xfr->sends == 0) failed".
>> Can anyone please help me to understand the scenario when this issue will appear?
>> 
>> Note: We are not planning an BIND upgrade currently. This will help me to skip scenarios which may lead to the above issue.
>> 
>> Thanks in advance.
>> 
>> Regards
>> Rajnish Kamboj
>> 
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