vuln-ubuntu/data/osv/usn/USN-4374-1.json

{
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "id": "USN-4374-1",
  "summary": "unbound vulnerabilities",
  "details": "Lior Shafir, Yehuda Afek, and Anat Bremler-Barr discovered that Unbound\nincorrectly handled certain queries. A remote attacker could use this issue\nto perform an amplification attack directed at a target. (CVE-2020-12662)\n\nIt was discovered that Unbound incorrectly handled certain malformed\nanswers. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Unbound\nto crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-12663)\n",
  "aliases": [],
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12662",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-12663"
  ],
  "related": [],
  "published": "2020-05-27T15:19:10Z",
  "modified": "2026-04-27T14:11:25Z",
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "unbound",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/unbound@1.6.7-1ubuntu2.3?arch=source&distro=bionic"
      },
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        {
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          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.6.7-1ubuntu2.3"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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        "1.6.7-1",
        "1.6.7-1build1",
        "1.6.7-1ubuntu1",
        "1.6.7-1ubuntu2",
        "1.6.7-1ubuntu2.1",
        "1.6.7-1ubuntu2.2"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
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          {
            "binary_name": "libunbound2",
            "binary_version": "1.6.7-1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python-unbound",
            "binary_version": "1.6.7-1ubuntu2.3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-unbound",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "unbound",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "unbound-anchor",
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "unbound-host",
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          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
      "database_specific": {
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                {
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
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                },
                {
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                }
              ]
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          ]
        }
      }
    },
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        "name": "unbound",
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      },
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        "1.9.4-2",
        "1.9.4-2ubuntu1"
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          {
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            "binary_version": "1.9.4-2ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "python3-unbound",
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          },
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          },
          {
            "binary_name": "unbound-host",
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          }
        ],
        "availability": "No subscription required"
      },
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            {
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                },
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                }
              ]
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2020-12663",
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                {
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                  "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
                },
                {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ]
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      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4374-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12662"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-12663"
    }
  ]
}