This document summarizes changes since BIND 9.9.7.
BIND 9.9.7-P3 addresses security issues described in CVE-2015-5722 and CVE-2015-5986.
BIND 9.9.7-P2 addresses a security issue described in CVE-2015-5477.
BIND 9.9.7-P1 addresses a security issue described in CVE-2015-4620.
The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at http://www.isc.org/downloads/. There you will find additional information about each release, source code, and pre-compiled versions for Microsoft Windows operating systems.
An incorrect boundary check in the OPENPGPKEY rdatatype could trigger an assertion failure. This flaw is disclosed in CVE-2015-5986. [RT #40286]
A buffer accounting error could trigger an assertion failure when parsing certain malformed DNSSEC keys.
This flaw was discovered by Hanno B쎶eck of the Fuzzing Project, and is disclosed in CVE-2015-5722. [RT #40212]
A specially crafted query could trigger an assertion failure in message.c.
This flaw was discovered by Jonathan Foote, and is disclosed in CVE-2015-5477. [RT #39795]
On servers configured to perform DNSSEC validation, an assertion failure could be triggered on answers from a specially configured server.
This flaw was discovered by Breno Silveira Soares, and is disclosed in CVE-2015-4620. [RT #39795]
The BIND 9.9 (Extended Support Version) will be supported until June, 2017. https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/
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