USN-6665-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-6665-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-6665-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-6665-1
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Published
2024-02-28T13:10:23.435898Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:36:47Z
Summary
unbound vulnerabilities
Details

Elias Heftrig, Haya Schulmann, Niklas Vogel, and Michael Waidner discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled validating DNSSEC messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-50387)

It was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled preparing an NSEC3 closest encloser proof. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to consume resources, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2023-50868)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:20.04:LTS / unbound

Package

Name
unbound
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/unbound@1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5?arch=source&distro=focal

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5

Affected versions

1.*

1.9.0-2ubuntu1
1.9.0-2ubuntu2
1.9.4-2
1.9.4-2ubuntu1
1.9.4-2ubuntu1.1
1.9.4-2ubuntu1.2
1.9.4-2ubuntu1.3
1.9.4-2ubuntu1.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5",
            "binary_name": "libunbound-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5",
            "binary_name": "libunbound8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5",
            "binary_name": "python-unbound"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5",
            "binary_name": "python3-unbound"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5",
            "binary_name": "unbound"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5",
            "binary_name": "unbound-anchor"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.9.4-2ubuntu1.5",
            "binary_name": "unbound-host"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2023-50387"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2023-50868"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:20.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / unbound

Package

Name
unbound
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/unbound@1.13.1-1ubuntu5.4?arch=source&distro=jammy

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.13.1-1ubuntu5.4

Affected versions

1.*

1.13.1-1ubuntu1
1.13.1-1ubuntu3
1.13.1-1ubuntu5
1.13.1-1ubuntu5.1
1.13.1-1ubuntu5.2
1.13.1-1ubuntu5.3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.13.1-1ubuntu5.4",
            "binary_name": "libunbound-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.13.1-1ubuntu5.4",
            "binary_name": "libunbound8"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.13.1-1ubuntu5.4",
            "binary_name": "python3-unbound"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.13.1-1ubuntu5.4",
            "binary_name": "unbound"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.13.1-1ubuntu5.4",
            "binary_name": "unbound-anchor"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.13.1-1ubuntu5.4",
            "binary_name": "unbound-host"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2023-50387"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2023-50868"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS"
}