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.
Published: 2014-12-11
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 7.6% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-107-1 unbound security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3097-1 unbound security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2484-1 Unbound vulnerability
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Nlnetlabs Unbound
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:26:02.484Z

Reserved: 2014-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-8602

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-12-11T02:59:03.233

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-8602

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-12-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-8602 - Bugzilla

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