USN-6998-1: Unbound vulnerabilities

11 September 2024

Several security issues were fixed in Unbound.

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Releases

Packages

  • unbound - validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver

Details

It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled string comparisons,
which could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. An attacker could
potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2024-43167)

It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled memory in
cfg_mark_ports, which could lead to a heap buffer overflow. A local
attacker could potentially use this issue to cause a denial of service
or execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2024-43168)

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu 16.04
Ubuntu 14.04

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

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