CVE-2010-0969 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash the Unbound DNS resolver daemon on 64-bit platforms due to improper structure alignment, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-0969?
CVE-2010-0969 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nlnetlabs Unbound, published on 16 Mar 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Unbound before 1.4.3 does not properly align structures on 64-bit platforms, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-0969?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nlnetlabs Unbound.
How do I fix CVE-2010-0969?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2010-0969 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-0969 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Nlnetlabs Unbound
- CVE-2026-81642 Heap buffer overflow and possible Remote Code Execution when digesting DNSKEY
- CVE-2026-33278 Possible arbitrary code execution during DNSSEC validation
- CVE-2026-42944 Heap overflow with multiple NSID, COOKIE, PADDING EDNS options
- CVE-2026-42959 Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content
- CVE-2026-82717 CNAME synthesis could lead to heap corruption
Sources
Also known as CVE-2010-0735, DEBIAN-CVE-2010-0969, GHSA-cmhx-v6j5-f49g.