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CVE-2014-8602

high

Description

iterator.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.

References

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2484-1

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3097

http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.html

https://unbound.net/downloads/CVE-2014-8602.txt

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71589

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html

http://unbound.net/downloads/patch_cve_2014_8602.diff

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-12-11

Updated: 2025-04-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.10503