Vulnerability in Nlnetlabs Unbound

CVE-2014-8602

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.

EPSS: 0.076 (92.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • 71589 (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • DSA-3097 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
  • VU#264212 (x_refsource_CERT-VN, US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
  • USN-2484-1 (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)