Unbound DNS Resolver < 1.10.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
🗓️ 20 May 2020 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 190 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| unbound -- mutliple vulnerabilities | 19 May 202000:00 | – | freebsd | |
| Amazon Linux 2 : unbound (ALAS-2020-1430) | 21 May 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux 2 : unbound (ALAS-2020-1463) | 20 Jul 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| Amazon Linux AMI : unbound (ALAS-2020-1373) | 4 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0083: unbound (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0083) | 14 May 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| Alibaba Cloud Linux 3 : 0102: unbound (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0102) | 14 May 202500:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 8 : unbound (CESA-2020:2416) | 1 Feb 202100:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : unbound (RHSA-2020:2414) | 10 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 6 : unbound (RHSA-2020:2640) | 9 Oct 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CentOS 7 : unbound (RHSA-2020:2642) | 24 Jun 202000:00 | – | nessus |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| nlnetlabs | www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2020-12662_2020-12663.txt |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 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:nlnetlabs:unbound";
if (description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.143940");
script_version("2025-10-31T05:40:56+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-10-31 05:40:56 +0000 (Fri, 31 Oct 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2020-05-20 02:43:01 +0000 (Wed, 20 May 2020)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.0");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2021-02-17 21:00:00 +0000 (Wed, 17 Feb 2021)");
script_cve_id("CVE-2020-12662", "CVE-2020-12663");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_name("Unbound DNS Resolver < 1.10.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2020 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_unbound_dns_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("unbound/detected");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Unbound DNS Resolver is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following vulnerabilities exist:
- CVE-2020-12662: Unbound can be tricked into amplifying an incoming query into a large number of
queries directed to a target
- CVE-2020-12663: Malformed answers from upstream name servers can be used to make Unbound
unresponsive");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Unbound DNS Resolver version 1.10.0 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.10.1 or later.");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2020-12662_2020-12663.txt");
exit(0);
}
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
if (!port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE))
exit(0);
if (!infos = get_app_version_and_proto(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
exit(0);
version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
if (version_is_less(version: version, test_version: "1.10.1")) {
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.10.1");
security_message(port: port, data: report, proto: proto);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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