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Ubuntu 14.10 USN-2484-1 Critical: Unbound Resource Consumption Risk

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Unbound could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.
=========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-2484-1
January 26, 2015

unbound vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.10
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Unbound could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted
network traffic.

Software Description:
- unbound: validating, recursive, caching DNS resolver

Details:

Florian Maury discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled delegation. A
remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound to consume
resources, resulting in a denial of service.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 14.10:
  libunbound2                     1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.10.1
  unbound                         1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.10.1

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  libunbound2                     1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.1
  unbound                         1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2484-1
  CVE-2014-8602

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.10.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.1


Ubuntu 14.10 USN-2484-1 Critical: Unbound Resource Consumption Risk

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2015
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
A vulnerability in Unbound has surfaced that may result in significant resource usage; prompt action is necessary to protect your infrastructure.
Unbound could be made to consume resources if it received specially crafted network traffic.

Summary

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 14.10: libunbound2 1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.10.1 unbound 1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.10.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: libunbound2 1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.1 unbound 1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.1 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2484-1

CVE-2014-8602

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January 26, 2015

Package Information

https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.10.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unbound/1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.1

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