CVE-2014-8602

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.

• CWE-399

• http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://unbound.net/downloads/patch_cve_2014_8602.diffPatch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3097Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71589
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2484-1Third Party Advisory
• https://unbound.net/downloads/CVE-2014-8602.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
• http://cert.ssi.gouv.fr/site/CERTFR-2014-AVI-512/index.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://unbound.net/downloads/patch_cve_2014_8602.diffPatch
• http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-3097Third Party Advisory
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/264212Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71589
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2484-1Third Party Advisory
• https://unbound.net/downloads/CVE-2014-8602.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory

Published

Dec 11, 2014

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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