Query on issue#2389 BIND 9.16.10

Reindl Harald h.reindl at thelounge.net
Mon Oct 18 11:02:07 UTC 2021



Am 18.10.21 um 12:57 schrieb Rajnish Kamboj via bind-users:
> Upgrading to latest release will fix the issue

lesson to learn: report issues after you made sure you are using the 
latest version which probably would fix it

> Can you also help us with scenarios as to why this issue is occurring?
> May be this will help us in quick workaround (if possible) till the time we plan for latest BIND.

what exactly do you need to plan?
just update!

shoudn't take more than 5 minutes with packages

9.16.10 to 9.16.21 is a bugfix update, case closed

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ondřej Surý <ondrej at isc.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 18, 2021 3:28 PM
> To: Rajnish Kamboj <rajnish.kamboj at ericsson.com>
> Cc: bind-users at lists.isc.org
> Subject: Re: Query on issue#2389 BIND 9.16.10
> 
> Hi,
> 
> there were several security issues since 9.16.10, you should be running either last 9.16.x release (9.16.21 as of time writing this email) or have all of the issues patched.
> 
> The thing you are asking for is so wrong on so many levels. Don’t do that, upgrade to last version instead.
> 
>> On 18. 10. 2021, at 11:51, Rajnish Kamboj via bind-users <bind-users at lists.isc.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Team,
>> Currently we are using Bind version 9.16.10,
>>   
>> My Query
>> I recently found that there is an issue with the 9.16.10 version. "Issue#2389 BIND 9.16.10: critical: xfrout.c:1643: INSIST(xfr->sends == 0) failed".
>> Can anyone please help me to understand the scenario when this issue will appear?
>>   
>> Note: We are not planning an BIND upgrade currently. This will help me to skip scenarios which may lead to the above issue.
>>
>> Thanks in advance


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