Microsoft security update for CVE-2024-43168
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Microsoft's advisory
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🎯 Affected products5
- azl3 unbound 1.19.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0
- azl3 unbound 1.19.1-4 on Azure Linux 3.0
- cbl2 unbound 1.19.1-2 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 unbound 1.19.1-3 on CBL Mariner 2.0
- cbl2 unbound 1.19.1-3 on CBL-Mariner 2.0
✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 1 update
1 row: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.
| KB article | Update | Fixed build |
|---|---|---|
| — | Security Update | 1.19.1-2 |
🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2024-43168
- EchelonGraph score
- 4.8 MEDIUM
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Fix status
- A fix is available — apply it.
Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority
DISPUTE NOTE: this issue does not pose a security risk as it (according to analysis by the original software developer, NLnet Labs) falls within the expected functionality and security controls of the application. Red Hat has made a claim that there is a security risk within Red Hat products. NLnet Labs has no further information about the claim, and suggests that affected Red Hat customers refer to available Red Hat documentation or support channels. ORIGINAL DESCRIPTION: A heap-buffer-overflow flaw was found in the cfg_mark_ports function within Unbound's config_file.c, which can lead to memory corruption. This issue could allow an attacker with local access to provide specially crafted input, potentially causing the application to crash or allowing arbitrary code execution. This could result in a denial of service or unauthorized actions on the system.
Published by NLnet Labs, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2024-43168, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).