USN-7836-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Bind. This update provides the corresponding fixes for Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
Zuyao Xu and Xiang Li discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain malformed DNSKEY records. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to consume resources, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2025-8677)
Yuxiao Wu, Yunyi Zhang, Baojun Liu, and Haixin Duan discovered that Bind incorrectly accepted certain records from answers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cache poisoning attack. (CVE-2025-40778)
Amit Klein and Omer Ben Simhon discovered that Bind used a weak PRNG. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform a cache poisoning attack. (CVE-2025-40780)
{
"availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "bind9",
"binary_version": "1:9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "bind9-dnsutils",
"binary_version": "1:9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "bind9-host",
"binary_version": "1:9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "bind9-libs",
"binary_version": "1:9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "bind9-utils",
"binary_version": "1:9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "bind9utils",
"binary_version": "1:9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
},
{
"binary_name": "dnsutils",
"binary_version": "1:9.18.30-0ubuntu0.20.04.2+esm1"
}
]
}
{
"cves": [
{
"id": "CVE-2025-8677",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "medium"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2025-40778",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "medium"
}
]
},
{
"id": "CVE-2025-40780",
"severity": [
{
"type": "CVSS_V3",
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N"
},
{
"type": "Ubuntu",
"score": "medium"
}
]
}
],
"ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS"
}