RHSA-2024:11232 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: unbound:1.16.2 security update
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · December 18, 2024
Updated · October 23, 2026
Topic
An update for the unbound:1.16.2 module is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The unbound packages provide a validating, recursive, and caching DNS or DNSSEC resolver.
Security Fix(es):
- unbound: Unbounded name compression could lead to Denial of Service (CVE-2024-8508)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.