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    CVE-2020-12662

    Unbound before 1.10.1 has Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume, aka an "NXNSAttack" issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records.

    Published:May 19, 2020
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:May 19, 2020
    EPSS Score:0.07701
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Nlnetlabs
    Product
    Unbound
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Leap
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel E4s
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00067.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00069.html
    http://www.nxnsattack.com
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/5
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00017.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F5NFROI2OMCZLYRTCNGHGO3TUD32LCIQ/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJ42N2HBZ3DXMSEC56SWIIOFQGOS5M7I/
    https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2020-12662_2020-12663.txt
    https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:19.unbound.asc
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0006/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4374-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4694
    https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_12
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00067.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00069.html
    http://www.nxnsattack.com
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/5
    https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00017.html
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F5NFROI2OMCZLYRTCNGHGO3TUD32LCIQ/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YJ42N2HBZ3DXMSEC56SWIIOFQGOS5M7I/
    https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2020-12662_2020-12663.txt
    https://security.FreeBSD.org/advisories/FreeBSD-SA-20:19.unbound.asc
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200702-0006/
    https://usn.ubuntu.com/4374-1/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4694
    https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_12

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High