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Alma Linux: CVE-2019-25040: Moderate: unbound security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1853)

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Alma Linux: CVE-2019-25040: Moderate: unbound security, bug fix, and enhancement update (ALSA-2021-1853)

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/27/2021
Created
05/05/2022
Added
05/04/2022
Modified
11/08/2023

Description

Unbound before 1.9.5 allows an infinite loop via a compressed name in dname_pkt_copy. NOTE: The vendor disputes that this is a vulnerability. Although the code may be vulnerable, a running Unbound installation cannot be remotely or locally exploited

Solution(s)

  • alma-upgrade-unbound
  • alma-upgrade-unbound-devel

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