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Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package bind9  (opens in a new tab)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2004-BIND9-664610
  • published6 Jul 2016
  • disclosed6 Jul 2016
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Introduced: 6 Jul 2016

CVE-2016-6170  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind9 package and not the bind9 package as distributed by Ubuntu.

ISC BIND through 9.9.9-P1, 9.10.x through 9.10.4-P1, and 9.11.x through 9.11.0b1 allows primary DNS servers to cause a denial of service (secondary DNS server crash) via a large AXFR response, and possibly allows IXFR servers to cause a denial of service (IXFR client crash) via a large IXFR response and allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (primary DNS server crash) via a large UPDATE message.