[Secure-testing-team] Bug#830806: nsd: CVE-2016-6173: Improper restriction of zone size limit

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: nsd
Version: 4.1.10-1
Severity: important
Tags: security upstream patch
Forwarded: https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for nsd.

CVE-2016-6173[0]:
Improper restriction of zone size limit

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6173
[1] https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs-script/show_bug.cgi?id=790

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.6.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)