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unbound: Fix of 3 CVEs

Type: advisorySources: OSV

- CVE-2024-43167: guard against a NULL forward-zone name in ub_ctx_set_fwd to prevent a NULL pointer dereference - CVE-2026-44690: reject RRSIG label counts below the signer label count and restrict wildcard rrset cache updates to the signer authority, deferring the cache write until the proof succeeds - CVE-2026-56416: bound the second domain name in canonicalized RDATA and reject multi-dname RRs whose rdata ends early, preventing a heap buffer overflow

Products
python3-unbound, unbound, unbound-devel, unbound-dracut, unbound-libs
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els11
CVEs
CVE-2024-43167, CVE-2026-44690, CVE-2026-56416
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
1 Nov 2026, 10:52 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

unbound: Fix of 3 CVEs

core-osv · Original source

Published 31 Jul 2026, 09:38 UTC

- CVE-2024-43167: guard against a NULL forward-zone name in ub_ctx_set_fwd to prevent a NULL pointer dereference - CVE-2026-44690: reject RRSIG label counts below the signer label count and restrict wildcard rrset cache updates to the signer authority, deferring the cache write until the proof succeeds - CVE-2026-56416: bound the second domain name in canonicalized RDATA and reject multi-dname RRs whose rdata ends early, preventing a heap buffer overflow

osv:CLSA-2026-1785490706

python3-unbound

Fixed versions: 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els11

unbound

Fixed versions: 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els11

unbound-devel

Fixed versions: 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els11

unbound-dracut

Fixed versions: 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els11

unbound-libs

Fixed versions: 1.16.2-19.el9_6.1.tuxcare.els11

Complete source record
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