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23*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both">
24*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="id2542126"></a>Release Notes for BIND Version 9.10.2-P4</h2></div></div></div>
25*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
26*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
27*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_intro"></a>Introduction</h3></div></div></div>
28*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
29*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      This document summarizes changes since BIND 9.10.2:
30*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
31*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
32*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      BIND 9.10.2-P4 addresses security issues described in
33*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      CVE-2015-5722 and CVE-2015-5986.
34*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
35*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
36*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      BIND 9.10.2-P3 addresses a security issue described in
37*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      CVE-2015-5477.
38*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
39*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
40*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      BIND 9.10.2-P2 addresses a security issue described in
41*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      CVE-2015-4620.
42*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
43*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
44*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      BIND 9.10.2-P1 addressed several bugs that have been identified
45*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      in the BIND 9.10 implementation of response-policy zones (RPZ).
46*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      The bugs are in code which optimizes searching through multiple
47*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      policy zones. In some cases, they can cause RPZ to behave
48*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      inefficiently by searching for query matches in more policy
49*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      zones than are strictly necessary, or to behave unpredictably
50*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      by failing to search a policy zone that should have been
51*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      searched.  In the worst case, they can lead to assertion
52*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      failures, terminating <span><strong class="command">named</strong></span>.
53*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
54*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div>
55*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
56*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
57*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_download"></a>Download</h3></div></div></div>
58*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
59*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at
60*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      <a href="http://www.isc.org/downloads/" target="_top">http://www.isc.org/downloads/</a>.
61*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      There you will find additional information about each release,
62*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      source code, and pre-compiled versions for Microsoft Windows
63*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      operating systems.
64*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
65*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div>
66*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
67*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
68*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_security"></a>Security Fixes</h3></div></div></div>
69*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
70*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
71*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  An incorrect boundary check in the OPENPGPKEY rdatatype
72*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  could trigger an assertion failure. This flaw is disclosed
73*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  in CVE-2015-5986. [RT #40286]
74*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p></li>
75*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li>
76*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
77*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  A buffer accounting error could trigger an assertion failure
78*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  when parsing certain malformed DNSSEC keys.
79*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
80*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
81*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  This flaw was discovered by Hanno B&#50102;eck of the Fuzzing
82*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  Project, and is disclosed in CVE-2015-5722. [RT #40212]
83*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
84*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</li>
85*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li>
86*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
87*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  A specially crafted query could trigger an assertion failure
88*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  in message.c.
89*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
90*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
91*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  This flaw was discovered by Jonathan Foote, and is disclosed
92*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  in CVE-2015-5477. [RT #39795]
93*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
94*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</li>
95*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li>
96*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
97*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  On servers configured to perform DNSSEC validation, an
98*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  assertion failure could be triggered on answers from
99*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  a specially configured server.
100*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
101*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
102*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  This flaw was discovered by Breno Silveira Soares, and is
103*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  disclosed in CVE-2015-4620. [RT #39795]
104*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
105*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</li>
106*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</ul></div>
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108*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
109*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
110*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_features"></a>New Features</h3></div></div></div>
111*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>None</p></li></ul></div>
112*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div>
113*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
114*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
115*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_changes"></a>Feature Changes</h3></div></div></div>
116*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p>None</p></li></ul></div>
117*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</div>
118*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
119*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
120*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_bugs"></a>Bug Fixes</h3></div></div></div>
121*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc">
122*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
123*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  Asynchronous zone loads were not handled correctly when the
124*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  zone load was already in progress; this could trigger a crash
125*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  in zt.c. [RT #37573]
126*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p></li>
127*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li>
128*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
129*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	  Several bugs have been fixed in the RPZ implementation:
130*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	</p>
131*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="circle">
132*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
133*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      Policy zones that did not specifically require recursion
134*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      could be treated as if they did; consequently, setting
135*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      <span><strong class="command">qname-wait-recurse no;</strong></span> was
136*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      sometimes ineffective.  This has been corrected.
137*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      In most configurations, behavioral changes due to this
138*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      fix will not be noticeable. [RT #39229]
139*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
140*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
141*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      The server could crash if policy zones were updated (e.g.
142*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      via <span><strong class="command">rndc reload</strong></span> or an incoming zone
143*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      transfer) while RPZ processing was still ongoing for an
144*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      active query. [RT #39415]
145*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
146*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
147*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      On servers with one or more policy zones configured as
148*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      slaves, if a policy zone updated during regular operation
149*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      (rather than at startup) using a full zone reload, such as
150*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      via AXFR, a bug could allow the RPZ summary data to fall out
151*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      of sync, potentially leading to an assertion failure in
152*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      rpz.c when further incremental updates were made to the
153*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      zone, such as via IXFR. [RT #39567]
154*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
155*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
156*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      The server could match a shorter prefix than what was
157*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      available in CLIENT-IP policy triggers, and so, an
158*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      unexpected action could be taken. This has been
159*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      corrected. [RT #39481]
160*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
161*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<li><p>
162*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      The server could crash if a reload of an RPZ zone was
163*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      initiated while another reload of the same zone was
164*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	      already in progress. [RT #39649]
165*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek	    </p></li>
166*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</ul></div>
167*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</li>
168*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek</ul></div>
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170*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="sect2" lang="en">
171*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
172*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="end_of_life"></a>End of Life</h3></div></div></div>
173*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
174*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      The end of life for BIND 9.10 is yet to be determined but
175*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      will not be before BIND 9.12.0 has been released for 6 months.
176*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      <a href="https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/" target="_top">https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/</a>
177*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek    </p>
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180*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title">
181*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<a name="relnotes_thanks"></a>Thank You</h3></div></div></div>
182*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek<p>
183*00b67f09SDavid van Moolenbroek      Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible.
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