CVE-2014-8602
N/A
Published: December 11, 2014 at 02:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:17 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxUnbound
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 32%
Description
iterator.c in NLnet Labs Unbound before 1.5.1 does not limit delegation chaining, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory and CPU consumption) via a large or infinite number of referrals.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3097Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2484-1x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://unbound.net/downloads/CVE-2014-8602.txtQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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