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Debian Security Advisory DSA-4544-1                   security@debian.org
https://www.debian.org/security/                       Sebastien Delafond
October 16, 2019                      https://www.debian.org/security/faq
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Package        : unbound
CVE ID         : CVE-2019-16866
Debian Bug     : 941692

X41 D-Sec discovered that unbound, a validating, recursive, and
caching DNS resolver, did not correctly process some NOTIFY
queries. This could lead to remote denial-of-service by application
crash.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.0-2+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your unbound packages.

For the detailed security status of unbound please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/unbound

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Debian: DSA-4544-1: unbound security update

October 16, 2019
X41 D-Sec discovered that unbound, a validating, recursive, and caching DNS resolver, did not correctly process some NOTIFY queries

Summary

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.9.0-2+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your unbound packages.

For the detailed security status of unbound please refer to
its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/unbound

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: https://www.debian.org/security/

Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org

Severity
X41 D-Sec discovered that unbound, a validating, recursive, and
caching DNS resolver, did not correctly process some NOTIFY
queries. This could lead to remote denial-of-service by application
crash.

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