CVE-2024-1488
A vulnerability was found in Unbound due to incorrect default permissions, allowing any process outside the unbound group to modify the unbound runtime configuration.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.32%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A vulnerability was found in Unbound due to incorrect default permissions, allowing any process outside the unbound group to modify the unbound runtime configuration. If a process can connect over localhost to port 8953, it can alter the configuration of unbound.service. This flaw allows an unprivileged attacker to manipulate a running instance, potentially altering forwarders, allowing them to track all queries forwarded by the local resolver, and, in some cases, disrupting resolving altogether.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.32% probability · 25th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-276
- Affected
- fedoraproject/unbound · redhat/codeready linux builder · redhat/codeready linux builder eus · redhat/codeready linux builder eus for power little endian · redhat/codeready linux builder for arm64 · redhat/codeready linux builder for arm64 eus · redhat/codeready linux builder for ibm z systems · redhat/codeready linux builder for ibm z systems eus · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux for arm 64 · redhat/enterprise linux for arm 64 eus · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server for power little endian update services for sap solutions · redhat/enterprise linux server tus
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1750Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1751Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1780Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1801Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1802Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1804Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2587Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2696Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:0837
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1488Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264183Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1750Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1751Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1780Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1801Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1802Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1804Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2587Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2696Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1488Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2264183Issue Tracking, Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.