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CVE-2019-18934

Published: 19 November 2019

Unbound 1.6.4 through 1.9.4 contain a vulnerability in the ipsec module that can cause shell code execution after receiving a specially crafted answer. This issue can only be triggered if unbound was compiled with `--enable-ipsecmod` support, and ipsecmod is enabled and used in the configuration.

Notes

AuthorNote
mdeslaur
only vulnerable if compiled with --enable-ipsecmod, which is
not the case on Ubuntu

Priority

High

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
unbound
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
disco Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
eoan Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
trusty Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
upstream
Released (1.9.5)
xenial Not vulnerable
(code not compiled)
Binaries built from this source package are in Universe and so are supported by the community.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.3
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L