CVE-2018-5735 · cross-distro fix matrix

CVE-2018-5735: The Debian backport of the fix for CVE-2017-3137 leads to assertion failure in validator.c:1858; Affects Debian versions 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u15; 9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u18; 9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u5; 9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1 No ISC releases are affected. Other packages from other distributions who did similar ba

Affects 3 Linux releases across 3 (distro × package) combinations.

Fix per ecosystem

Each block below is a distro release where CVE-2018-5735 has a known fix. Run the listed command on that distro to remediate.

Debian bullseye

Source: Debian Security Tracker

bind9→ fixed in1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y bind9
```

Debian bookworm

Source: Debian Security Tracker

bind9→ fixed in1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y bind9
```

Debian trixie

Source: Debian Security Tracker

bind9→ fixed in1:9.9.3.dfsg.P2-1urgency: not yet assigned
```
sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade -y bind9
```

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