[Secure-testing-team] Bug#860225: bind9: CVE-2017-3137: A response packet can cause a resolver to terminate when processing an answer containing a CNAME or DNAME

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

Source: bind9
Version: 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9
Severity: grave
Tags: patch upstream security fixed-upstream

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for bind9.

CVE-2017-3137[0]:
|A response packet can cause a resolver to terminate when processing an
|answer containing a CNAME or DNAME

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-2017-3137
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-3137
[1] https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01466

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 9.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.16.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: sysvinit (via /sbin/init)