SB2019112048 - OS Command Injection in unbound (Alpine package)



SB2019112048 - OS Command Injection in unbound (Alpine package)

Published: November 20, 2019

Security Bulletin ID SB2019112048
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18934)

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input in the ipsec module. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted input to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the system.

Successful exploitation of he vulnerability requires that unbound is compiled with `--enable-ipsecmod` support, and ipsecmod is enabled and used in the configuration.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.