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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7080-1
October 22, 2024
unbound vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 24.10
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
Summary:
Unbound could be made to stop responding if it received specially crafted
DNS traffic.
Software Description:
- unbound: validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver
Details:
Toshifumi Sakaguchi discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled name
compression for large RRsets, which could lead to excessive CPU usage.
An attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service
by sending specially crafted DNS responses.
Update instructions:
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:
Ubuntu 24.10
  libunbound8                     1.20.0-1ubuntu2.1
  unbound                         1.20.0-1ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libunbound8                     1.19.2-1ubuntu3.3
  unbound                         1.19.2-1ubuntu3.3
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  libunbound8                     1.13.1-1ubuntu5.8
  unbound                         1.13.1-1ubuntu5.8
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  libunbound8                     1.9.4-2ubuntu1.9
  unbound                         1.9.4-2ubuntu1.9
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  libunbound2                     1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  unbound                         1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm3
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  libunbound2                     1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  unbound                         1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  libunbound2                     1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  unbound                         1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm2
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7080-1
  CVE-2024-8508
Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.20.0-1ubuntu2.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.19.2-1ubuntu3.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.13.1-1ubuntu5.8
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.9.4-2ubuntu1.9