[Secure-testing-team] Bug#860226: bind9: CVE-2017-3138: named exits with a REQUIRE assertion failure if it receives a null command string on its control channel

[Salvatore Bonaccorso]

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

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for bind9.

CVE-2017-3138[0]:
|named exits with a REQUIRE assertion failure if it receives a null command
|string on its control channel

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-2017-3138
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-3138
[1] https://kb.isc.org/article/AA-01471

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.

Regards,
Salvatore