SB2011121901 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for unbound

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SB2011121901 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for unbound

Published: December 19, 2011 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2011121901
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4528)

The vulnerability allows remote DNS servers to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted response. Per: http://unbound.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/CVE-2011-4528.txt "1.4.14 is released with the patch, but 1.4.14rc1 is vulnerable.


2) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4869)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

validator/val_nsec3.c in Unbound before 1.4.13p2 does not properly perform proof processing for NSEC3-signed zones, which allows remote DNS servers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a malformed response that lacks expected NSEC3 records, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4528.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References