From: Michał Kępień <michal@isc.org>
Date: Thu, 8 May 2025 20:51:59 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Prepare release notes for BIND 9.21.8
X-Git-Tag: v9.21.8~1^2~2
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Prepare release notes for BIND 9.21.8
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diff --git a/doc/arm/notes.rst b/doc/arm/notes.rst
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@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ The list of known issues affecting the latest version in the 9.21 branch can be
 found at
 https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/wikis/Known-Issues-in-BIND-9.21
 
+.. include:: ../notes/notes-9.21.8.rst
 .. include:: ../notes/notes-9.21.7.rst
 .. include:: ../notes/notes-9.21.6.rst
 .. include:: ../notes/notes-9.21.5.rst
diff --git a/doc/notes/notes-9.21.8.rst b/doc/notes/notes-9.21.8.rst
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+.. Copyright (C) Internet Systems Consortium, Inc. ("ISC")
+..
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: MPL-2.0
+..
+.. This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+.. License, v. 2.0.  If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+.. file, you can obtain one at https://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+..
+.. See the COPYRIGHT file distributed with this work for additional
+.. information regarding copyright ownership.
+
+Notes for BIND 9.21.8
+---------------------
+
+Security Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- [CVE-2025-40775] Prevent assertion when processing TSIG algorithm.
+
+  DNS messages that included a Transaction Signature (TSIG) containing
+  an invalid value in the algorithm field caused :iscman:`named` to
+  crash with an assertion failure. This has been fixed.
+  :cve:`2025-40775` :gl:`#5300`
+
+New Features
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Implement tcp-primaries-timeout.
+
+  The new `tcp-primaries-timeout` configuration option works the same
+  way as the older `tcp-initial-timeout` option, but applies only to the
+  TCP connections made to the primary servers, so that the timeout value
+  can be set separately for them. By default, it's set to 150, which is
+  15 seconds. :gl:`#3649`
+
+Feature Changes
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Use jinja2 templates in system tests.
+
+  `python-jinja2` is now required to run system tests. :gl:`#4938`
+
+Bug Fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+
+- Fix EDNS yaml output.
+
+  `dig` was producing invalid YAML when displaying some EDNS options.
+  This has been corrected.
+
+  Several other improvements have been made to the display of EDNS
+  option data: - We now use the correct name for the UPDATE-LEASE
+  option, which was previously displayed as "UL", and split it into
+  separate LEASE and LEASE-KEY components in YAML mode. - Human-readable
+  durations are now displayed as comments in YAML mode so as not to
+  interfere with machine parsing. - KEY-TAG options are now displayed as
+  an array of integers in YAML mode. - EDNS COOKIE options are displayed
+  as separate CLIENT and SERVER components, and cookie STATUS is a
+  retrievable variable in YAML mode. :gl:`#5014`
+
+- Return DNS COOKIE and NSID with BADVERS.
+
+  This change allows the client to identify the server that returns the
+  BADVERS and to provide a DNS SERVER COOKIE to be included in the
+  resend of the request. :gl:`#5235`
+
+- Disable own memory context for libxml2 on macOS.
+
+  Apple broke custom memory allocation functions in the system-wide
+  libxml2 starting with macOS Sequoia 15.4.  Usage of the custom memory
+  allocation functions has been disabled on macOS. :gl:`#5268`
+
+- `check_private` failed to account for the length byte before the OID.
+
+  In PRIVATEOID keys, the key data begins with a length byte followed
+  by an ASN.1 object identifier that indicates the cryptographic
+  algorithm  to use. Previously, the length byte was not accounted for
+  when  checking the contents of keys and signatures, which could have
+  led to interoperability problems with any zones signed using
+  PRIVATEOID. This has been fixed. :gl:`#5270`
+
+- Fix a serve-stale issue with a delegated zone.
+
+  When ``stale-answer-client-timeout 0`` option was enabled, it could be
+  ignored when resolving a zone which is a delegation of an
+  authoritative zone belonging to the resolver. This has been fixed.
+  :gl:`#5275`
+
+- Return the correct NSEC3 records for NXDOMAIN responses.
+
+  The wrong NSEC3 records were sometimes returned as proof that the
+  QNAME did not exist. This has been fixed. :gl:`#5292`
+
+