USN-3683-1

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    USN-3683-1

    Published: 13 Jun 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: bind9 vulnerability

    Details: Andrew Skalski discovered that Bind could incorrectly enable recursion when the "allow-recursion" setting wasn't specified. This issue could improperly permit recursion to all clients, contrary to expectations.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3683-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-5738

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bind9

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/bind9@1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.6ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High