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Status published
Medium
CVE-2014-8602
iterator.c in NLnet Labs Unbound before 1.5.1 does not limit...
Vulnerability Description
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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71589
- http://unbound.net/downloads/patch_cve_2014_8602.diff
- http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3097
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212
- https://unbound.net/downloads/CVE-2014-8602.txt
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2484-1
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Affected Vendor
nlnetlabs
View all reports →Affected Software
unbound, ubuntu linux, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 14.04, 14.10, 7.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 11th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.