USN-8682-1: Bind vulnerabilities

USN-8682-1: Bind vulnerabilities

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/rss.xml / Thu, 08/27/2026 - 04:28
Vitaly Simonovich discovered that Bind could exhaust memory during GSS-API TKEY negotiation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to use excessive resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2026-3039) Shuhan Zhang discovered that Bind incorrectly handled self-pointed glue records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to use Bind in denial of service amplification attacks against other systems. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-3592) It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled DNS messages whose class was not IN. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2026-5946)

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