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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.124700
Category:Denial of Service
Title:Unbound DNS Resolver < 1.21.1 DoS Vulnerability
Summary:Unbound DNS Resolver is prone to a denial of service (DoS); vulnerability.
Description:Summary:
Unbound DNS Resolver is prone to a denial of service (DoS)
vulnerability.

Vulnerability Insight:
Malicious upstreams responses with very large RRsets can cause
Unbound to spend a considerable time applying name compression to downstream replies. This can
lead to degraded performance and eventually denial of service in well orchestrated attacks.

Affected Software/OS:
Unbound DNS Resolver version prior to 1.21.1.

Solution:
Update to version 1.21.1 or later.

CVSS Score:
5.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2024-8508
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