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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7: RHSA-2015:2455-01 Low: Unbound DoS Issue

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Calendar Grey November 19, 2015
Dist Redhat Esm H88
The latest advisory from Red Hat outlines a minor unbound update aimed at mitigating a Denial of Service vulnerability along with various fixes for RHEL 7.
Updated unbound packages that fix one security issue and several bugs are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Summary

The unbound packages provide a validating, recursive, and caching DNS or DNSSEC resolver.
A denial of service flaw was found in unbound that an attacker could use to trick the unbound resolver into following an endless loop of delegations, consuming an excessive amount of resources. (CVE-2014-8602)
This update also fixes the following bugs:
* Prior to this update, there was a mistake in the time configuration in the cron job invoking unbound-anchor to update the root zone key. Consequently, unbound-anchor was invoked once a month instead of every day, thus not complying with RFC 5011. The cron job has been replaced with a systemd timer unit that is invoked on a daily basis. Now, the root zone key validity is checked daily at a random time within a 24-hour window, and compliance with RFC 5011 is ensured. (BZ#1180267)
* Previously, the unbound packages were installing their configuration file for the systemd-tmpfiles utility into the /etc/tmpfiles.d/ directory. As a consequence, changes to unbound made by the administrator in /etc/tmpfiles.d/ could be overwritten on package reinstallation or update. To fix this bug, unbound has been amended to install the configuration file into the /usr/lib/tmpfiles.d/ directory. As a result, the system administrator's configuration in /etc/tmpfiles.d/ is preserved, including any changes, on package reinstallation or update. (BZ#1180995)
* The unbound server default configuration included validation of DNS records using the DNSSEC Look-aside Validation (DLV) registry. The Internet Systems Consortium (ISC) plans to deprecate the DLV registry service as no longer needed, and unbound could execute unnecessary steps. Therefore, the use of the DLV registry has been removed from the unbound server default configuration. Now, unbound does not try to perform DNS records validation using the DLV registry. (BZ#1223339)
All unbound users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-8602 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Package List

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7):
Source: unbound-1.4.20-26.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: unbound-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm unbound-debuginfo-1.4.20-26.el7.i686.rpm unbound-debuginfo-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm unbound-libs-1.4.20-26.el7.i686.rpm unbound-libs-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: unbound-debuginfo-1.4.20-26.el7.i686.rpm unbound-debuginfo-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm unbound-devel-1.4.20-26.el7.i686.rpm unbound-devel-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm unbound-python-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7):
Source: unbound-1.4.20-26.el7.src.rpm
x86_64: unbound-debuginfo-1.4.20-26.el7.i686.rpm unbound-debuginfo-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm unbound-libs-1.4.20-26.el7.i686.rpm unbound-libs-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7):
x86_64: unbound-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm unbound-debuginfo-1.4.20-26.el7.i686.rpm unbound-debuginfo-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm unbound-devel-1.4.20-26.el7.i686.rpm unbound-devel-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm unbound-python-1.4.20-26.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source: unbound-1.4.20-26.el7.src.rpm
aarch64: unbound-1.4.20-26.el7.aarch64.rpm unbound-debuginfo-1.4.20-26.el7.aarch64.rpm unbound-libs-1.4.20-26.el7.aarch64.rpm
ppc64:

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2015:2455-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Issue date: 2015-11-19

Topic

Updated unbound packages that fix one security issue and several bugs arenow available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low securityimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in theReferences section.

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64

Bugs Fixed

1172065 - CVE-2014-8602 unbound: specially crafted request can lead to denial of service

1180267 - root key management does not comply with RFC5011

1180995 - unbound is installing files under /etc/tmpfiles.d/

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