Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-1462-1

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Dan Luther discovered that Bind incorrectly handled zero length rdata fields. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Bind to crash or behave erratically, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2012-1667) It was discovered that Bind incorrectly handled revoked domain names. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause malicious domain names to be continuously resolvable even after they have been revoked. (CVE-2012-1033)

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