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Medium ALSA-2023:2771 1 CVE

Moderate: unbound security and bug fix update

Published May 16, 2023 · Updated Oct 29, 2026

Summary

The unbound packages provide a validating, recursive, and caching DNS or DNSSEC resolver.

Security Fix(es):

* unbound: NRDelegation attack leads to uncontrolled resource consumption (Non-Responsive Delegation Attack) (CVE-2022-3204)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the AlmaLinux Release Notes linked from the References section.

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
AlmaLinux · 8 python3-unbound 1.16.2-5.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 unbound 1.16.2-5.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 unbound-devel 1.16.2-5.el8
AlmaLinux · 8 unbound-libs 1.16.2-5.el8

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 7.5

    NRDelegation Attack

    A vulnerability named 'Non-Responsive Delegation Attack' (NRDelegation Attack) has been discovered in various DNS resolving software. The NRDelegation Attack works by having a malicious delegation with a considerable number of non responsive nameservers. The …

References

  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-3204
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2128947
  • advisory
    https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2023-2771.html