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<section xml:id="relnotes_intro"><info><title>Introduction</title></info>
<para>
This document summarizes significant changes since the last
production release of BIND on the corresponding major release
branch.
Please see the CHANGES file for a further list of bug fixes and
other changes.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="relnotes_download"><info><title>Download</title></info>
<para>
The latest versions of BIND 9 software can always be found at
<link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://www.isc.org/downloads/">http://www.isc.org/downloads/</link>.
There you will find additional information about each release,
source code, and pre-compiled versions for Microsoft Windows
operating systems.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="root_key"><info><title>New DNSSEC Root Key</title></info>
<para>
ICANN is in the process of introducing a new Key Signing Key (KSK) for
the global root zone. BIND has multiple methods for managing DNSSEC
trust anchors, with somewhat different behaviors. If the root
key is configured using the <command>managed-keys</command>
statement, or if the pre-configured root key is enabled by using
<command>dnssec-validation auto</command>, then BIND can keep
keys up to date automatically. Servers configured in this way
will roll seamlessly to the new key when it is published in
the root zone. However, keys configured using the
<command>trusted-keys</command> statement are not automatically
maintained. If your server is performing DNSSEC validation
and is configured using <command>trusted-keys</command>, you are
advised to change your configuration before the root zone begins
signing with the new KSK. This is currently scheduled for
October 11, 2017.
</para>
<para>
This release includes an updated version of the
<filename>bind.keys</filename> file containing the new root
key. This file can also be downloaded from
<link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
xlink:href="https://www.isc.org/bind-keys">
https://www.isc.org/bind-keys
</link>.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="relnotes_security"><info><title>Security Fixes</title></info>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>rndc ""</command> could trigger an assertion failure
in <command>named</command>. This flaw is disclosed in
(CVE-2017-3138). [RT #44924]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Some chaining (i.e., type CNAME or DNAME) responses to upstream
queries could trigger assertion failures. This flaw is disclosed
in CVE-2017-3137. [RT #44734]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>dns64</command> with <command>break-dnssec yes;</command>
can result in an assertion failure. This flaw is disclosed in
CVE-2017-3136. [RT #44653]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
If a server is configured with a response policy zone (RPZ)
that rewrites an answer with local data, and is also configured
for DNS64 address mapping, a NULL pointer can be read
triggering a server crash. This flaw is disclosed in
CVE-2017-3135. [RT #44434]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>named</command> could mishandle authority sections
with missing RRSIGs, triggering an assertion failure. This
flaw is disclosed in CVE-2016-9444. [RT #43632]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>named</command> mishandled some responses where
covering RRSIG records were returned without the requested
data, resulting in an assertion failure. This flaw is
disclosed in CVE-2016-9147. [RT #43548]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>named</command> incorrectly tried to cache TKEY
records which could trigger an assertion failure when there was
a class mismatch. This flaw is disclosed in CVE-2016-9131.
[RT #43522]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
It was possible to trigger assertions when processing
responses containing answers of type DNAME. This flaw is
disclosed in CVE-2016-8864. [RT #43465]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Added the ability to specify the maximum number of records
permitted in a zone (<option>max-records #;</option>).
This provides a mechanism to block overly large zone
transfers, which is a potential risk with slave zones from
other parties, as described in CVE-2016-6170.
[RT #42143]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
It was possible to trigger an assertion when rendering a
message using a specially crafted request. This flaw is
disclosed in CVE-2016-2776. [RT #43139]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Calling <command>getrrsetbyname()</command> with a non-
absolute name could trigger an infinite recursion bug in
<command>lwresd</command> or <command>named</command> with
<command>lwres</command> configured if, when combined with
a search list entry from <filename>resolv.conf</filename>,
the resulting name is too long. This flaw is disclosed in
CVE-2016-2775. [RT #42694]
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section xml:id="relnotes_changes"><info><title>Feature Changes</title></info>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
The ISC DNSSEC Lookaside Validation (DLV) service is scheduled
to be disabled in 2017. A warning is now logged when
<command>named</command> is configured to use this service,
either explicitly or via <option>dnssec-lookaside auto;</option>.
[RT #42207]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
If an ACL is specified with an address prefix in which the
prefix length is longer than the address portion (for example,
192.0.2.1/8), <command>named</command> will now log a warning.
In future releases this will be a fatal configuration error.
[RT #43367]
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section xml:id="relnotes_bugs"><info><title>Bug Fixes</title></info>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
A synthesized CNAME record appearing in a response before the
associated DNAME could be cached, when it should not have been.
This was a regression introduced while addressing CVE-2016-8864.
[RT #44318]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>named</command> could deadlock if multiple changes
to NSEC/NSEC3 parameters for the same zone were being processed
at the same time. [RT #42770]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>named</command> could trigger an assertion when
sending NOTIFY messages. [RT #44019]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Windows installs were failing due to triggering UAC without
the installation binary being signed.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
A change in the internal binary representation of the RBT database
node structure enabled a race condition to occur (especially when
BIND was built with certain compilers or optimizer settings),
leading to inconsistent database state which caused random
assertion failures. [RT #42380]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Referencing a nonexistent zone in a <command>response-policy</command>
statement could cause an assertion failure during configuration.
[RT #43787]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>rndc addzone</command> could cause a crash
when attempting to add a zone with a type other than
<command>master</command> or <command>slave</command>.
Such zones are now rejected. [RT #43665]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>named</command> could hang when encountering log
file names with large apparent gaps in version number (for
example, when files exist called "logfile.0", "logfile.1",
and "logfile.1482954169"). This is now handled correctly.
[RT #38688]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
If a zone was updated while <command>named</command> was
processing a query for nonexistent data, it could return
out-of-sync NSEC3 records causing potential DNSSEC validation
failure. [RT #43247]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
<command>named</command> could crash when loading a zone
which had RRISG records whose expiry fields were far enough
apart to cause an integer overflow when comparing them.
[RT #40571]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The <command>arpaname</command> command was not installed into
the correct <command>prefix</command><filename>/bin</filename>
directory. [RT #42910]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
When receiving a response from an authoritative server with
a TTL value of zero, <command>named></command> will now only use
that response once, to answer the currently active clients that
were waiting for it. Previously, such response could be cached
and reused for up to one second. [RT #42142]
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Corrected a bug in the <command>rndc</command> control channel
that could allow a read past the end of a buffer, crashing
<command>named</command>. Thanks to Lian Yihan for reporting
this error.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Reverted a change to the query logging format that was
inadvertently backported from the 9.11 branch. [RT #43238]
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section xml:id="relnotes_maint"><info><title>Maintenance</title></info>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
The built-in root hints have been updated to include
IPv6 addresses for B.ROOT-SERVERS.NET (2001:500:84::b),
E.ROOT-SERVERS.NET (2001:500:a8::e) and
G.ROOT-SERVERS.NET (2001:500:12::d0d).
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
<section xml:id="end_of_life"><info><title>End of Life</title></info>
<para>
BIND 9.9 (Extended Support Version) will be supported until
at least June, 2018.
<link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/">https://www.isc.org/downloads/software-support-policy/</link>
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="relnotes_thanks"><info><title>Thank You</title></info>
<para>
Thank you to everyone who assisted us in making this release possible.
If you would like to contribute to ISC to assist us in continuing to
make quality open source software, please visit our donations page at
<link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://www.isc.org/donate/">http://www.isc.org/donate/</link>.
</para>
</section>
</section>