NLnet Labs Unbound, up to and including version 1.16.1 is vulnerable to a novel type of the "ghost domain names" attack. The vulnerability works by targeting an Unbound instance. Unbound is queried for a subdomain of a rogue domain name. The rogue nameserver returns delegation information for the subdomain that updates Unbound's delegation cache. This action can be repeated before expiry of the delegation information by querying Unbound for a second level subdomain which the rogue nameserver provides new delegation information. Since Unbound is a child-centric resolver, the ever-updating child delegation information can keep a rogue domain name resolvable long after revocation. From version 1.16.2 on, Unbound checks the validity of parent delegation records before using cached delegation information.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade python3-unbound | Nov 14, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade unbound | Mar 26, 2024 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade python2-unboundUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unbound | Feb 21, 2024 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade unbound-libs-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-anchor-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade python3-unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-anchorUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unbound-debugsourceUpgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-utilsUpgrade unbound-utils-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade python3-unbound | Feb 17, 2025 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade unbound-libs-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-debugsourceUpgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade python3-unbound-debuginfoUpgrade python3-unbound | Nov 9, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade unbound | Mar 31, 2023 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade unbound | Nov 4, 2022 | Aug 5, 2022 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade net-dns/unbound. | Dec 19, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp10 | — | Upgrade unbound-libsUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound | Nov 3, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade python2-unbound | Oct 11, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade unboundUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-libs | Nov 15, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade unbound-develUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unboundUpgrade python3-unbound | Nov 16, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade unbound-debugsourceUpgrade python3-unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-libs-debuginfoUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade unbound-libsNo solution existsUpgrade unbound | Nov 9, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade unboundUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-debugsourceUpgrade python3-unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-libs-debuginfo | Mar 12, 2024 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade unbound-anchorUpgrade unbound-muninUpgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade libunbound8Upgrade unbound-python | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade unboundUpgrade libunbound8Upgrade libunbound2 | Aug 17, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Jan 20, 2025 | Aug 1, 2022 |
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