CVE-2019-25040 Denial of service in n/a

What is CVE-2019-25040?

CVE-2019-25040 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Apr 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Unbound before 1.9.5 allows an infinite loop via a compressed name in dname_pkt_copy. NOTE: The vendor disputes that this is a vulnerability. Although the code may be vulnerable, a running Unbound installation cannot be remotely or locally exploited

Weakness: CWE-835

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-25040?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Nlnetlabs Unbound.

How do I fix CVE-2019-25040?

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-2019-25040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-25040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2019-25040, GHSA-cq2j-hrgf-rxgp, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-25040.