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Medium ELSA-2024-11232 1 CVE

Moderate: unbound:1.16.2 security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published Dec 19, 2024 · Updated Dec 19, 2024

Summary

[1.16.2-8.1]
- Fix unbounded name compression could lead to Denial of Service (CVE-2024-8508)

[1.16.2-8]
- Ensure group access correction reaches also updated configs (CVE-2024-1488)

[1.16.2-7]
- Ensure only unbound group can change configuration (CVE-2024-1488)

[1.16.2-6]
- Fix KeyTrap - Extreme CPU consumption in DNSSEC validator CVE-2023-50387
- Fix Preparing an NSEC3 closest encloser proof can exhaust CPU resources CVE-2023-50868
- Resolves: RHEL-25671
- Resolves: RHEL-25643

Fixed packages 4

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 python3-unbound 0:1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
Oracle Linux · 9 unbound 0:1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
Oracle Linux · 9 unbound-devel 0:1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
Oracle Linux · 9 unbound-libs 0:1.16.2-8.el9_5.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Medium 5.3

    Unbounded name compression could lead to Denial of Service

    NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.21.0 contains a vulnerability when handling replies with very large RRsets that it needs to perform name compression for. Malicious upstreams responses with very large RRsets can cause Unbound to spend a consid…