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Ubuntu alert USN-7080-1 (unbound)

From:  Vyom Yadav <vyom.yadav@canonical.com>
To:  ubuntu-security-announce@lists.ubuntu.com
Subject:  [USN-7080-1] Unbound vulnerability
Date:  Tue, 22 Oct 2024 19:26:49 +0530
Message-ID:  <56bc9ea4-c600-4473-8dee-95f61ff62656@canonical.com>

========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7080-1 October 22, 2024 unbound vulnerability ========================================================================== 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/1.20.0-1ubun...   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.19.2-1ubun...   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.13.1-1ubun...   https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.9.4-2ubunt...


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