Resource exhaustion in Nlnetlabs Unbound
CVE-2020-12662
Unbound before 1.10.1 has Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume, aka an "NXNSAttack" issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
EPSS: 0.032 (86.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Nlnetlabs Unbound
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 18.04, 19.10, 20.04
- Debian Debian_linux — versions 9.0, 10.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1, 15.2
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-12662?
- CVE-2020-12662 is a high-severity vulnerability in Nlnetlabs Unbound, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2020-05-19.
- How severe is CVE-2020-12662?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.