CVE-2014-8602 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in Unbound

CWE-399CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling11 documents9 sources
Severity
4.3MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
7.6%
top 8.15%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Nlnetlabs UnboundCanonical Ubuntu LinuxDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedDec 11
Latest updateMay 17

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:M/C:N/I:N/A:PExploitability: 8.6 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debiannlnetlabs/unbound< 1.4.22-3+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 7.0, Ubuntu Linux 14.04, 14.10

Patches

Patch: unbound.net ↗Patch: unbound.net ↗Patch: unbound.net ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-rmpj-rcj8-qh82: iterator↗2022-05-17
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CVEList
CVE-2014-8602: iterator↗2014-12-11
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OSV
CVE-2014-8602: iterator↗2014-12-11
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Unbound vulnerability↗2015-01-26
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BSD
FreeBSD-SA-14:30.unbound: unbound remote denial of service vulnerability↗2014-12-17
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Red Hat
unbound: specially crafted request can lead to denial of service↗2014-12-08
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Debian
CVE-2014-8602: unbound - iterator.c in NLnet Labs Unbound before 1.5.1 does not limit delegation chaining...↗2014
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8602 unbound: specially crafted request can lead to denial of service↗2014-12-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8602 unbound: specially crafted request can lead to denial of service [fedora-all]↗2014-12-09
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Bugzilla
CVE-2014-8602 unbound: specially crafted request can lead to denial of service [epel-all]↗2014-12-09
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CVE-2014-8602 — Nlnetlabs Unbound vulnerability | cvebase