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Medium ELSA-2025-8197 1 CVE

Moderate: unbound security update (Oracle Linux 9)

Published May 27, 2025 · Updated May 27, 2025

Summary

[1.16.2-18]
- Prevent unbounded name compression (CVE-2024-8508)

Fixed packages 5

ReleasePackageFixed in
Oracle Linux · 9 python3-unbound 0:1.16.2-18.el9_6
Oracle Linux · 9 unbound 0:1.16.2-18.el9_6
Oracle Linux · 9 unbound-devel 0:1.16.2-18.el9_6
Oracle Linux · 9 unbound-dracut 0:1.16.2-18.el9_6
Oracle Linux · 9 unbound-libs 0:1.16.2-18.el9_6

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…