CVE-2016-9778

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Un servidor vulnerable podr\u00eda ser detenido de forma intencional por un atacante si est\u00e1 empleando una configuraci\u00f3n que cumple los criterios para la vulnerabilidad y si el atacante puede provocar que acepte una consulta que posee los atributos necesarios. N\u00f3tese: esta vulnerabilidad afecta a la caracter\u00edstica \"nxdomain-redirect\", que es uno de los dos m\u00e9todos para gestionar la redirecci\u00f3n de NXDOMAIN y solo est\u00e1 disponible en ciertas versiones de BIND. La redirecci\u00f3n mediante zonas de tipo \"redirect\" no se ha visto afectada por esta vulnerabilidad. 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