Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting unbound package, versions <1.19.1-1ubuntu1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
37.71% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2404-UNBOUND-6696728
  • published29 Apr 2024
  • disclosed14 Feb 2024

Introduced: 14 Feb 2024

CVE-2023-50387  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:24.04 unbound to version 1.19.1-1ubuntu1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream unbound package and not the unbound package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:24.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Certain DNSSEC aspects of the DNS protocol (in RFC 4033, 4034, 4035, 6840, and related RFCs) allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via one or more DNSSEC responses, aka the "KeyTrap" issue. One of the concerns is that, when there is a zone with many DNSKEY and RRSIG records, the protocol specification implies that an algorithm must evaluate all combinations of DNSKEY and RRSIG records.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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