Spoofing attack in OpenBSD - #VU10427
Published: February 8, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU10427
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: OpenBSD
Affected software:
OpenBSD
OpenBSD
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the way unbound validated wildcard-synthesized NSEC records. A remote attacker can supply a specially crafted wildcard NSEC record and prove the non-existence (NXDOMAIN answer) of an existing wildcard record, or trick unbound into accepting a NODATA proof.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.