When named(8) receives a specially crafted dynamic update message an internal assertion check is triggered which causes named(8) to exit.
To trigger the problem, the dynamic update message must contains a record of type "ANY" and at least one resource record set (RRset) for this fully qualified domain name (FQDN) must exist on the server.
An attacker which can send DNS requests to a nameserver can cause it to exit, thus creating a Denial of Service situation.
No generally applicable workaround is available, but some firewalls may be able to prevent nsupdate DNS packets from reaching the nameserver.
NOTE WELL: Merely configuring named(8) to ignore dynamic updates is NOT sufficient to protect it from this vulnerability.
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