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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-12663

Unbound before 1.10.1 has an infinite loop via malformed DNS answers received from upstream servers.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.59%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Unbound before 1.10.1 has an infinite loop via malformed DNS answers received from upstream servers.

CVSS 3.1
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.59% probability · 89th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-835
Affected
nlnetlabs/unbound · debian/debian linux · opensuse/leap · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.