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 rogue domain name when the cached delegation information is about to expire. The rogue nameserver delays the response so that the cached delegation information is expired. Upon receiving the delayed answer containing the delegation information, Unbound overwrites the now expired entries. This action can be repeated when the delegation information is about to expire making the rogue delegation information ever-updating. From version 1.16.2 on, Unbound stores the start time for a query and uses that to decide if the cached delegation information can be overwritten.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alma_linux | — | Upgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-devel | Nov 14, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade unbound | Mar 26, 2024 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unboundUpgrade python2-unboundUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-libs | Feb 21, 2024 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade unbound-anchorUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unboundUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade unbound-utilsUpgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-libs-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-anchor-debuginfoUpgrade python3-unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-utils-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-debugsource | Feb 17, 2025 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade unbound-debugsourceUpgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade python3-unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-libs-debuginfo | 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 unboundUpgrade python3-unbound | Nov 3, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade unboundUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade python2-unbound | Oct 11, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp9 | — | Upgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unbound | Nov 15, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unbound | Nov 16, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade unbound-develUpgrade unbound-libs-debuginfoUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unboundNo solution existsUpgrade unbound-debugsourceUpgrade python3-unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-debuginfo | Nov 9, 2022 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Rocky_linux | — | Upgrade unbound-libsUpgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-debugsourceUpgrade python3-unboundUpgrade unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade python3-unbound-debuginfoUpgrade unbound-libs-debuginfo | Mar 12, 2024 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade unbound-pythonUpgrade unbound-anchorUpgrade unboundUpgrade unbound-develUpgrade libunbound8Upgrade unbound-munin | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 1, 2022 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade libunbound2Upgrade libunbound8Upgrade unbound | 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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