CVE-2024-8508
Unbound Denial of Service and Performance Vulnerability
Description
NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.21.0 contains a vulnerability when handling replies with very large RRsets that it needs to perform name compression for. Malicious upstreams responses with very large RRsets can cause Unbound to spend a considerable time applying name compression to downstream replies. This can lead to degraded performance and eventually denial of service in well orchestrated attacks. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious actor querying Unbound for the specially crafted contents of a malicious zone with very large RRsets. Before Unbound replies to the query it will try to apply name compression which was an unbounded operation that could lock the CPU until the whole packet was complete. Unbound version 1.21.1 introduces a hard limit on the number of name compression calculations it is willing to do per packet. Packets that need more compression will result in semi-compressed packets or truncated packets, even on TCP for huge messages, to avoid locking the CPU for long. This change should not affect normal DNS traffic.
INFO
Published Date :
Oct. 3, 2024, 5:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Dec. 17, 2024, 7:28 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
1.4
Exploitability Score :
3.9
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2024-8508.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2024-8508.txt | Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/5 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00009.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 17, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Added CWE NIST CWE-1284 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.21.1 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/5 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00009.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2024-8508.txt No Types Assigned https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2024-8508.txt Vendor Advisory -
CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/5 Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00009.html -
CVE Received by [email protected]
Oct. 03, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description NLnet Labs Unbound up to and including version 1.21.0 contains a vulnerability when handling replies with very large RRsets that it needs to perform name compression for. Malicious upstreams responses with very large RRsets can cause Unbound to spend a considerable time applying name compression to downstream replies. This can lead to degraded performance and eventually denial of service in well orchestrated attacks. The vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious actor querying Unbound for the specially crafted contents of a malicious zone with very large RRsets. Before Unbound replies to the query it will try to apply name compression which was an unbounded operation that could lock the CPU until the whole packet was complete. Unbound version 1.21.1 introduces a hard limit on the number of name compression calculations it is willing to do per packet. Packets that need more compression will result in semi-compressed packets or truncated packets, even on TCP for huge messages, to avoid locking the CPU for long. This change should not affect normal DNS traffic. Added Reference NLnet Labs https://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2024-8508.txt [No types assigned] Added CWE NLnet Labs CWE-606 Added CVSS V3.1 NLnet Labs AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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