NLnet Labs Unbound, up to and including version 1.16.1, is vulnerable to a novel type of the "ghost domain names" attack. The vulnerability works by targeting an Unbound instance. Unbound is queried for a rogue domain name when the cached delegation information is about to expire. The rogue nameserver delays the response so that the cached delegation information is expired. Upon receiving the delayed answer containing the delegation information, Unbound overwrites the now expired entries. This action can be repeated when the delegation information is about to expire making the rogue delegation information ever-updating. From version 1.16.2 on, Unbound stores the start time for a query and uses that to decide if the cached delegation information can be overwritten.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3371-1 unbound security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-52529 NLnet Labs Unbound, up to and including version 1.16.1, is vulnerable to a novel type of the "ghost domain names" attack. The vulnerability works by targeting an Unbound instance. Unbound is queried for a rogue domain name when the cached delegation information is about to expire. The rogue nameserver delays the response so that the cached delegation information is expired. Upon receiving the delayed answer containing the delegation information, Unbound overwrites the now expired entries. This action can be repeated when the delegation information is about to expire making the rogue delegation information ever-updating. From version 1.16.2 on, Unbound stores the start time for a query and uses that to decide if the cached delegation information can be overwritten.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-5569-1 Unbound vulnerabilities
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Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: NLnet Labs

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:29:59.438Z

Reserved: 2022-05-13T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2022-30699

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-01T15:15:09.890

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:03:11.760

Link: CVE-2022-30699

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2022-08-01T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-30699 - Bugzilla

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