Resource Exhaustion Affecting unbound-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.6.6-1.amzn2.0.3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
15.51% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-UNBOUNDDEBUGINFO-1680046
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed19 May 2020

Introduced: 19 May 2020

CVE-2020-12662  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 unbound-debuginfo to version 0:1.6.6-1.amzn2.0.3 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1430.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unbound-debuginfo package and not the unbound-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1