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CVE-2017-15105

A flaw was found in the way unbound before 1.6.8 validated wildcard-synthesized NSEC records.

Impact

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 an existing wildcard record, or trick unbound into accepting a NODATA proof.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
NlnetlabsUnbound
before 1.6.8
DebianDebian Linux
Versions 7.0, 8.0
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 14.04, 16.04, 17.10, 18.04

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