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USN-2484-1: Unbound vulnerability

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USN-2484-1: Unbound vulnerability

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/10/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
01/27/2015
Modified
07/09/2020

Description

iterator.c in NLnet Labs Unbound before 1.5.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large or infinite number of referrals.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-libunbound2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-unbound

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