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F5 Networks: K37661551 (CVE-2020-12662): Unbound DNS Cache vulnerabilities CVE-2020-12662 and CVE-2020-12663

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F5 Networks: K37661551 (CVE-2020-12662): Unbound DNS Cache vulnerabilities CVE-2020-12662 and CVE-2020-12663

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
05/19/2020
Created
06/27/2020
Added
06/25/2020
Modified
06/25/2020

Description

Unbound before 1.10.1 has Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume, aka an "NXNSAttack" issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records.

Solution(s)

  • f5-big-ip-upgrade-latest

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