CVE-2017-15105
A flaw was found in the way unbound before 1.6.8 validated wildcard-synthesized NSEC records. An improperly validated wildcard NSEC record could be used to prove the non-existence (NXDOMAIN answer) of
02 Description
A flaw was found in the way unbound before 1.6.8 validated wildcard-synthesized NSEC records. An improperly validated wildcard NSEC record could be used to prove the non-existence (NXDOMAIN answer) of
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2018-01-23 16:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 21:56Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2017-10-08
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 997b46b98c71759ec70b74a1e4a60041462c64b1cde9d3f3d703fe3cf295ee85
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com102817http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102817
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190214 [SECURITY] [DLA 1676-1] unbound security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00022.html
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180130 [SECURITY] [DLA 1264-1] unbound security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00039.html
- unbound.nethttps://unbound.net/downloads/CVE-2017-15105.txt
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3673-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3673-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- unbound Fixed in 1.7.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- unbound Fixed in 1.7.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- unbound Fixed in 1.7.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- unbound Fixed in 1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- unbound Fixed in 1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- unbound Fixed in 1.6.7-1ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.