Unchecked Input for Loop Condition Affecting unbound package, versions [,1.21.0)
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- published9 Oct 2024
- disclosed3 Oct 2024
- creditToshifumi Sakaguchi
Introduced: 3 Oct 2024
CVE-2024-8508 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade unbound to version 1.21.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Unchecked Input for Loop Condition due to not having a hard limit on the number of name compression calculations that are performed per packet. An attacker can degrade performance and cause a denial of service by sending specially crafted DNS queries that lead to excessive name compression calculations.