Nlnetlabs Unbound up to 1.4.2 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Nlnetlabs Unbound. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2010-0969. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Nlnetlabs Unbound. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unbound before 1.4.3 does not properly align structures on 64-bit platforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors.

The weakness was disclosed 03/11/2010 (Website). The advisory is available at unbound.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0969. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 56524 (GLSA-201110-12 : Unbound: Denial of Service), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks.

Upgrading to version 0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (56894), Tenable (56524), SecurityFocus (BID 38701†), OSVDB (62903†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33620†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 56524
Nessus Name: GLSA-201110-12 : Unbound: Denial of Service
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OpenVAS ID: 100531
OpenVAS Name: Unbound sock_list Structure Allocation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Unbound 0.3

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03/11/2010 🔍
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03/12/2010 +1 days 🔍
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03/16/2010 +3 days 🔍
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10/17/2011 +580 days 🔍
10/26/2011 +9 days 🔍
03/19/2015 +1240 days 🔍
05/02/2026 +4062 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: unbound.net
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0969 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0969
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-52202
X-Force: 56894
SecurityFocus: 38701 - Unbound 'sock_list' Structure Allocation Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 62903 - Unbound on 64-bit Memory Alignment DoS
Vulnerability Center: 33620 - Unbound before 1.4.3 on 64-bit Platforms Remote DoS Vulnerability, High

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/02/2026 14:34
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (63), 04/04/2017 11:25 (8), 09/05/2021 12:52 (4), 09/05/2021 12:59 (1), 05/02/2026 14:34 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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