CVE-2020-12662

NameCVE-2020-12662
DescriptionUnbound 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-2556-1, DSA-4694-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
unbound (PTS)buster1.9.0-2+deb10u2fixed
buster (security)1.9.0-2+deb10u4fixed
bullseye1.13.1-1+deb11u1fixed
bullseye (security)1.13.1-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm1.17.1-2+deb12u1fixed
bookworm (security)1.17.1-2+deb12u2fixed
trixie1.19.1-1fixed
sid1.19.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
unboundsourcejessie(unfixed)end-of-life
unboundsourcestretch(unfixed)end-of-life
unboundsourcebuster1.9.0-2+deb10u2DSA-4694-1
unboundsource(unstable)1.10.1-1
unbound1.9sourcestretch1.9.0-2+deb10u2~deb9u1DLA-2556-1

Notes

[stretch] - unbound <end-of-life> (No longer supported, see DSA 4694)
[jessie] - unbound <end-of-life> (No longer supported)
https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2020-12662_2020-12663.txt
Patch: https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/patch_cve_2020-12662_2020-12663.diff

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