CVEvulnerability

CVE-2017-15105

5.3 MEDIUM Published 2018-01-23 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-01-23
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
5.3 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-358

Description

A flaw was found in the way unbound before 1.6.8 validated wildcard-synthesized NSEC records. An improperly validated wildcard NSEC record could be used to prove the non-existence (NXDOMAIN answer) of an existing wildcard record, or trick unbound into accepting a NODATA proof.

Affected configurations

• nlnetlabs unbound (< 1.6.8) • debian debian linux 7.0 • debian debian linux 8.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 14.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 16.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 17.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 18.04

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
  • CWE-358 Improperly Implemented Security Check for Standard weakness

References