What the vulnerability does

01Description

A flaw was found in the way unbound before 1.6.8 validated wildcard-synthesized NSEC records. An improperly validated wildcard NSEC record could be used to prove the non-existence (NXDOMAIN answer) of an existing wildcard record, or trick unbound into accepting a NODATA proof.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

January 23, 2018 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated