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Unbound < 1.4.14 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities

🗓️ 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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Unbound has multiple Denial of Service vulnerabilities affecting versions prior to 1.4.14.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:unbound:unbound";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.103370");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-4528", "CVE-2011-4869");
  script_version("2025-10-31T05:40:56+0000");
  script_name("Unbound < 1.4.14 Multiple DoS Vulnerabilities");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.8");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-10-31 05:40:56 +0000 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-12-20 11:19:55 +0100 (Tue, 20 Dec 2011)");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_dependencies("gb_unbound_dns_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("unbound/detected");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://secunia.com/advisories/47220");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/209659");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51115");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://unbound.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/CVE-2011-4528.txt");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Unbound is prone to multiple remote denial of service (DoS)
  vulnerabilities.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker can exploit these issues to cause the affected
  application to crash, denying service to legitimate users.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Unbound versions prior to 1.4.14.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Updates are available. Please see the references for more
  details.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe:CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_proto( cpe:CPE, port:port ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];

if( version_is_less( version:version, test_version:"1.4.14" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version:version, fixed_version:"1.4.14" );
  security_message( data:report, port:port, proto:proto );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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