CVE-2014-8602

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-8602
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-12-11 02:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptioniterator.c in NLnet Labs Unbound before 1.5.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large or infinite number of referrals.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.10 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Application Nlnetlabs Unbound All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
unbound.net/downloads/patch_cve_2014_8602.diff af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 unbound.net Patch
Unbound CVE-2014-8602 Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
USN-2484-1: Unbound vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
unbound.net/downloads/CVE-2014-8602.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 unbound.net Patch, Vendor Advisory
Multiples vulnérabilités dans plusieurs produits DNS af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cert.ssi.gouv.fr Third Party Advisory
Vulnerability Note VU#264212 - Recursive DNS resolver implementations may follow referrals infinitely af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3097-1 unbound af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Oracle Linux Bulletin - October 2015 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
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