CVE-2022-30698 affects NLnet Labs Unbound versions up to 1.16.1, including Fedora distributions. It describes a "ghost domain names" attack where a malicious nameserver can continuously update Unbound's delegation cache for a rogue domain, keeping it resolvable long after revocation. Rated Medium (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high confidentiality impact, but requires no user interaction or elevated privileges. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.16.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
35CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
36CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.16.1CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:nlnetlabs:unbound:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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