ISC BIND 9.x.x < 9.9.13-P1 / 9.10.x < 9.10.8-P1 / 9.11.x < 9.11.4-P1 / 9.12.x < 9.12.2-P1 deny-answer-aliases DoS Vulnerability
Medium Nessus Plugin ID 111790
Synopsis
The remote name server is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.
Description
According to its self-reported version number, the instance of ISC BIND running on the remote name server is 9.x.x prior to 9.9.13-P1, 9.10.x prior to 9.10.8-P1, 9.11.x prior to 9.11.4-P1, or 9.12.x prior to 9.12.2-P1. It is, therefore, affected by a denial of service vulnerability in the deny-answer-aliases feature.
Solution
Upgrade to ISC BIND version 9.9.13-P1 / 9.10.8-P1 / 9.11.4-P1 / 9.11.3-S3 / 9.12.2-P1 or later. Note that BIND 9 version 9.11.3-S3 is available exclusively for eligible ISC Support customers.