This is fixed in upstream. It's not clear if a minimal fix can be found and applied to trusty and xenial. I've made the latest Debian version available in my stable PPA at https://launchpad.net/~r0lf/+archive/ubuntu/stable for people to use.
** Changed in: whois (Ubuntu) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1643718 Title: WHOIS .BM TLD server incorrect To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/whois/+bug/1643718/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs