Release Notes for BIND Version 9.9.8-P3

Introduction

   This document summarizes changes since BIND 9.9.8:

   BIND 9.9.8-P3 addresses the security issue described in CVE-2015-8704.
   It also fixes a serious regression in authoritative server selection
   that was introduced in 9.9.8.

   BIND 9.9.8-P2 addresses security issues described in CVE-2015-3193
   (OpenSSL), CVE-2015-8000 and CVE-2015-8461.

   BIND 9.9.8-P1 was incomplete and was withdrawn prior to publication.

Download

   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.

Security Fixes

     * Specific APL data could trigger an INSIST. This flaw was discovered
       by Brian Mitchell and is disclosed in CVE-2015-8704. [RT #41396]
     * Named is potentially vulnerable to the OpenSSL vulnerabilty
       described in CVE-2015-3193.
     * Insufficient testing when parsing a message allowed records with an
       incorrect class to be be accepted, triggering a REQUIRE failure
       when those records were subsequently cached. This flaw is disclosed
       in CVE-2015-8000. [RT #40987]
     * Incorrect reference counting could result in an INSIST failure if a
       socket error occurred while performing a lookup. This flaw is
       disclosed in CVE-2015-8461. [RT#40945]

New Features

     * None

Feature Changes

     * Updated the compiled in addresses for H.ROOT-SERVERS.NET.

Bug Fixes

     * Authoritative servers that were marked as bogus (e.g. blackholed in
       configuration or with invalid addresses) were being queried anyway.
       [RT #41321]

End of Life

   The BIND 9.9 (Extended Support Version) will be supported until June,
   2017. https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/

Thank You

   Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible.
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   make quality open source software, please visit our donations page at
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