Resource Exhaustion Affecting unbound-debuginfo package, versions <0:1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
81.73% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-UNBOUNDDEBUGINFO-6394263
  • published6 Mar 2024
  • disclosed14 Feb 2024

Introduced: 14 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-50868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 unbound-debuginfo to version 0:1.17.1-1.amzn2023.0.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2024-553.

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:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

The Closest Encloser Proof aspect of the DNS protocol (in RFC 5155 when RFC 9276 guidance is skipped) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption for SHA-1 computations) via DNSSEC responses in a random subdomain attack, aka the "NSEC3" issue. The RFC 5155 specification implies that an algorithm must perform thousands of iterations of a hash function in certain situations.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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