Resource Management Errors Affecting unbound package, versions [,1.4.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.2% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-UNBOUND-2374290
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2011
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 2 Jun 2011

CVE-2009-4008  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade unbound to version 1.4.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Management Errors. Unbound before 1.4.4 does not send responses for signed zones after mishandling an unspecified query, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (DNSSEC outage) via a crafted query.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1