CVE-2019-25040: Unbound before 1.9.5 allows an infinite loop via a compressed name in dname_pkt_copy. NOTE: The vendor disputes that this is a vulnerability. Although the code…

PriorityP339high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCNINAH

EPSS

1.99%

78.1th percentile

Unbound before 1.9.5 allows an infinite loop via a compressed name in dname_pkt_copy. NOTE: The vendor disputes that this is a vulnerability. Although the code may be vulnerable, a running Unbound installation cannot be remotely or locally exploited

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	unbound	< unbound 1.9.6-1 (bookworm)	unbound 1.9.6-1 (bookworm)
nlnetlabs	unbound	< 1.9.5	1.9.5
nlnetlabs	unbound	>= 0 < 1.9.6-1	1.9.6-1
nlnetlabs	unbound	>= 0 < 1.9.6-1	1.9.6-1
nlnetlabs	unbound	>= 0 < 1.9.6-1	1.9.6-1
nlnetlabs	unbound	>= 0 < 1.9.6-1	1.9.6-1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5LOW

vendor_redhat7.5HIGH

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