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CVE-2014-8602

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · CWE-399
4.3CVSS MEDIUM

Summary

iterator.c in NLnet Labs Unbound before 1.5.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large or infinite number of referrals.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity
Privileges required
User interaction
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impact
Exploit probability (EPSS)25%

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://unbound.net/downloads/patch_cve_2014_8602.diff ↗