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46*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p>
47*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dl>
48*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="sect1"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#id2610666">Release Notes for BIND Version 9.10.2-P4</a></span></dt>
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50*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#relnotes_intro">Introduction</a></span></dt>
51*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#relnotes_download">Download</a></span></dt>
52*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#relnotes_security">Security Fixes</a></span></dt>
53*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#relnotes_features">New Features</a></span></dt>
54*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#relnotes_changes">Feature Changes</a></span></dt>
55*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#relnotes_bugs">Bug Fixes</a></span></dt>
56*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#end_of_life">End of Life</a></span></dt>
57*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<dt><span class="sect2"><a href="Bv9ARM.ch09.html#relnotes_thanks">Thank You</a></span></dt>
58*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</dl></dd>
59*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</dl>
60*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div>
61*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect1" lang="en">
62*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
63*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="id2610666"></a>Release Notes for BIND Version 9.10.2-P4</h2></div></div></div>
64*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
65*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
66*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_intro"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div></div>
67*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
68*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      This document summarizes changes since BIND 9.10.2:
69*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
70*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
71*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      BIND 9.10.2-P4 addresses security issues described in
72*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      CVE-2015-5722 and CVE-2015-5986.
73*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
74*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
75*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      BIND 9.10.2-P3 addresses a security issue described in
76*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      CVE-2015-5477.
77*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
78*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
79*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      BIND 9.10.2-P2 addresses a security issue described in
80*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      CVE-2015-4620.
81*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
82*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
83*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      BIND 9.10.2-P1 addressed several bugs that have been identified
84*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      in the BIND 9.10 implementation of response-policy zones (RPZ).
85*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      The bugs are in code which optimizes searching through multiple
86*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      policy zones. In some cases, they can cause RPZ to behave
87*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      inefficiently by searching for query matches in more policy
88*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      zones than are strictly necessary, or to behave unpredictably
89*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      by failing to search a policy zone that should have been
90*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      searched.  In the worst case, they can lead to assertion
91*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      failures, terminating <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>.
92*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
93*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div>
94*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
95*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
96*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_download"></a>Download</h3></div></div></div>
97*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
98*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at
99*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      <a href="http://www.isc.org/downloads/" target="_top">http://www.isc.org/downloads/</a>.
100*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      There you will find additional information about each release,
101*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      source code, and pre-compiled versions for Microsoft Windows
102*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      operating systems.
103*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
104*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div>
105*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
106*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
107*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_security"></a>Security Fixes</h3></div></div></div>
108*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
109*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
110*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  An incorrect boundary check in the OPENPGPKEY rdatatype
111*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  could trigger an assertion failure. This flaw is disclosed
112*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  in CVE-2015-5986. [RT #40286]
113*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p></li>
114*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li>
115*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
116*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  A buffer accounting error could trigger an assertion failure
117*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  when parsing certain malformed DNSSEC keys.
118*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
119*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
120*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  This flaw was discovered by Hanno B&#50102;eck of the Fuzzing
121*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  Project, and is disclosed in CVE-2015-5722. [RT #40212]
122*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
123*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</li>
124*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li>
125*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
126*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  A specially crafted query could trigger an assertion failure
127*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  in message.c.
128*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
129*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
130*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  This flaw was discovered by Jonathan Foote, and is disclosed
131*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  in CVE-2015-5477. [RT #39795]
132*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
133*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</li>
134*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li>
135*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
136*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  On servers configured to perform DNSSEC validation, an
137*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  assertion failure could be triggered on answers from
138*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  a specially configured server.
139*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
140*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
141*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  This flaw was discovered by Breno Silveira Soares, and is
142*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  disclosed in CVE-2015-4620. [RT #39795]
143*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
144*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</li>
145*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</ul></div>
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147*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
148*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
149*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_features"></a>New Features</h3></div></div></div>
150*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>None</p></li></ul></div>
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153*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
154*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_changes"></a>Feature Changes</h3></div></div></div>
155*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>None</p></li></ul></div>
156*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div>
157*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
158*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
159*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_bugs"></a>Bug Fixes</h3></div></div></div>
160*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
161*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
162*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  Asynchronous zone loads were not handled correctly when the
163*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  zone load was already in progress; this could trigger a crash
164*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  in zt.c. [RT #37573]
165*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p></li>
166*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li>
167*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
168*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  Several bugs have been fixed in the RPZ implementation:
169*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
170*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="circle">
171*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
172*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      Policy zones that did not specifically require recursion
173*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      could be treated as if they did; consequently, setting
174*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      <span><strong class="command">qname-wait-recurse no;</strong></span> was
175*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      sometimes ineffective.  This has been corrected.
176*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      In most configurations, behavioral changes due to this
177*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      fix will not be noticeable. [RT #39229]
178*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
179*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
180*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      The server could crash if policy zones were updated (e.g.
181*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      via <span><strong class="command">rndc reload</strong></span> or an incoming zone
182*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      transfer) while RPZ processing was still ongoing for an
183*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      active query. [RT #39415]
184*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
185*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
186*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      On servers with one or more policy zones configured as
187*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      slaves, if a policy zone updated during regular operation
188*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      (rather than at startup) using a full zone reload, such as
189*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      via AXFR, a bug could allow the RPZ summary data to fall out
190*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      of sync, potentially leading to an assertion failure in
191*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      rpz.c when further incremental updates were made to the
192*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      zone, such as via IXFR. [RT #39567]
193*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
194*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
195*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      The server could match a shorter prefix than what was
196*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      available in CLIENT-IP policy triggers, and so, an
197*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      unexpected action could be taken. This has been
198*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      corrected. [RT #39481]
199*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
200*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
201*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      The server could crash if a reload of an RPZ zone was
202*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      initiated while another reload of the same zone was
203*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      already in progress. [RT #39649]
204*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
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210*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
211*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="end_of_life"></a>End of Life</h3></div></div></div>
212*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
213*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      The end of life for BIND 9.10 is yet to be determined but
214*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      will not be before BIND 9.12.0 has been released for 6 months.
215*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      <a href="https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/" target="_top">https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/</a>
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220*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_thanks"></a>Thank You</h3></div></div></div>
221*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
222*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible.
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