CVE-2024-8508
Unbounded name compression could lead to Denial of Service
02 Description
Unbounded name compression could lead to Denial of Service
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
- Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.80% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 56.1% 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:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. 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
- 2024-10-03 16:27Z2 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-11-14 21:02Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-09-06
- Assigning CNA
- NLnet Labs
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b646bf5369d277320bb16774ab99a2685d92717adb374cdece23c86094d2c383
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.nlnetlabs.nlhttps://www.nlnetlabs.nl/downloads/unbound/CVE-2024-8508.txt
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/10/04/5
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/11/msg00009.html
07 Remediation
This issue is fixed in 1.21.1 and all later versions.
08 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- python3-unbound Fixed in 1.16.2-5.8.el8_10
- unbound Fixed in 1.16.2-5.8.el8_10
- unbound-devel Fixed in 1.16.2-5.8.el8_10
- unbound-libs Fixed in 1.16.2-5.8.el8_10
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 9
- python3-unbound Fixed in 1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
- unbound Fixed in 1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
- unbound-devel Fixed in 1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
- unbound-libs Fixed in 1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 10
- python3-unbound Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound-anchor Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound-devel Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound-dracut Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound-libs Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- python3-unbound Fixed in 1.16.2-5.8.el8_10
- unbound Fixed in 1.16.2-5.8.el8_10
- unbound-devel Fixed in 1.16.2-5.8.el8_10
- unbound-libs Fixed in 1.16.2-5.8.el8_10
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- python3-unbound Fixed in 1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
- unbound Fixed in 1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
- unbound-devel Fixed in 1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
- unbound-libs Fixed in 1.16.2-8.el9_5.1
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 10
- python3-unbound Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound-anchor Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound-devel Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound-dracut Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
- unbound-libs Fixed in 1.20.0-10.el10_0
Derived from AlmaLinux 10. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 10 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- unbound Fixed in 1.17.1-2+deb12u3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- unbound Fixed in 1.21.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- unbound Fixed in 1.21.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- unbound Fixed in 1.9.4-2ubuntu1.9
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- unbound Fixed in 1.13.1-1ubuntu5.8
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- unbound Fixed in 1.19.2-1ubuntu3.3
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- unbound Fixed in 1.4.22-1ubuntu4.14.04.3+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- unbound Fixed in 1.5.8-1ubuntu1.1+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS
- unbound Fixed in 1.6.7-1ubuntu2.6+esm3Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
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.