# CVE-2011-1922: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Unbound DNS resolver via crafted requests when debugging and interface-automatic options are enabled.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 31 May 2011
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2011-1922, GHSA-gcr6-mhvm-c5mf

## What is CVE-2011-1922?

CVE-2011-1922 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nlnetlabs Unbound, published on 31 May 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

daemon/worker.c in Unbound 1.x before 1.4.10, when debugging functionality and the interface-automatic option are enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a crafted DNS request that triggers improper error handling.

Weakness: CWE-399

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-1922?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Nlnetlabs Unbound.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-1922?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2011-1922 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Nlnetlabs Unbound

- [CVE-2026-81642](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-81642/): Heap buffer overflow and possible Remote Code Execution when digesting DNSKEY (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-33278](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-33278/): Possible arbitrary code execution during DNSSEC validation (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2026-42944](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42944/): Heap overflow with multiple NSID, COOKIE, PADDING EDNS options (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-42959](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-42959/): Crash during DNSSEC validation of malicious content (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2026-82717](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-82717/): CNAME synthesis could lead to heap corruption (high 8.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-1922 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-1922 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Nlnetlabs Unbound, published on 31 May 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-1922 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Nlnetlabs Unbound. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1922/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1922/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-1922
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-1922
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-1922

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-1922/
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