SB2011121901 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for unbound



SB2011121901 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for unbound

Published: December 19, 2011 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2011121901
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4528)

CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows remote DNS servers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted response. Per: http://unbound.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/CVE-2011-4528.txt "1.4.14 is released with the patch, but 1.4.14rc1 is vulnerable.


2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4869)

CWE-ID: CWE-399 - Resource Management Errors

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

validator/val_nsec3.c in Unbound before 1.4.13p2 does not properly perform proof processing for NSEC3-signed zones, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed response that lacks expected NSEC3 records, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4528.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.