CVE-2016-8864 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for bind: ALAS-2016-768

A denial of service flaw was found in the way BIND handled responses containing a DNAME answer. A remote attacker could use this flaw to make named exit unexpectedly with an assertion failure via a specially crafted DNS response.

Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; allows unauthorized modification; allows disruption of service.

Please refer to Amazon advisory ALAS-2016-768 for affected packages and patching details, or update with your package manager.

Patch:
Following are links for downloading patches to fix the vulnerabilities:

ALAS-2016-768: Amazon Linux (bind (9.8.2-0.47.rc1.51.amzn1) on i686)

ALAS-2016-768: Amazon Linux (bind (9.8.2-0.47.rc1.51.amzn1) on x86_64)

ALAS-2016-768: Amazon Linux (bind (9.8.2-0.47.rc1.51.amzn1) on src)