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unbound — security advisory

Type: advisorySources: OSVAdvisory ID: DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662

Unbound before 1.10.1 has Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume, aka an "NXNSAttack" issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records.

Products
unbound
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.10.1-1
CVEs
CVE-2020-12662
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 13:22 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 May 2020, 14:15 UTC

Unbound before 1.10.1 has Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume, aka an "NXNSAttack" issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records.

osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662

unbound

Fixed versions: 1.10.1-1

unbound

Fixed versions: 1.10.1-1

unbound

Fixed versions: 1.10.1-1

Complete source record
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  "id": "2be4920d115b4a5de54a18b714d95ab1f1715a614143482c028e7420b3244114",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662",
    "summary": "Unbound before 1.10.1 has Insufficient Control of Network Message Volume, aka an \"NXNSAttack\" issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662",
    "products": [
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "unbound",
          "evidence": "/affected/0/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.10.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/0/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "unbound",
          "evidence": "/affected/1/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.10.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/1/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      },
      {
        "name": {
          "value": "unbound",
          "evidence": "/affected/2/package/name"
        },
        "prerequisites": [],
        "fixed_versions": [
          {
            "value": "1.10.1-1",
            "evidence": "/affected/2/ranges"
          }
        ],
        "affected_versions": []
      }
    ],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662",
      "aliases": [
        "DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "type": "ECOSYSTEM",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1.10.1-1"
                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "unbound",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/unbound?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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                },
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "unbound",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/unbound?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        },
        {
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                }
              ]
            }
          ],
          "package": {
            "name": "unbound",
            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/unbound?arch=source&distro=forky",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:14"
          },
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12662.json"
          },
          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-26T12:02:25.405389801Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2020-12662"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-12662"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2020-12662",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 452139,
  "published_at": "2020-05-19T14:15:11.19+00:00"
}