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CVE-2016-1285 and CVE-2016-1286 [BIND]: The BIND nameserver, used for the caching DNS feature, has vulnerabilities that can lead to a denial of service. (Bug #254499)

Product

SteelHead (Appliance)

Fixed in Version:

steelhead 9.1.5, steelhead 9.2.2, steelhead 9.5.0

Last Modified:

2017-10-09

Summary

Details:

The BIND nameserver, used for the caching DNS feature, has the vulnerabilities CVE-2016-1285 and CVE-2016-1286, which can lead to denial of service.

Fix:

Upgraded the BIND nameserver to 9.9.8-P4 to fix these vulnerabilities.

Recommendation:

Upgrade to a software version with this fix.  This vulnerability does not apply if the caching DNS server is not used.

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