SB2024081929 - Denial of service in Unbound
Published: August 19, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024081929
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-43167)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a NULL pointer dereference error within the ub_ctx_set_fwd() function. A remote attacker can send specially crafted request to the server and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.