1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-7047-1

USN-7047-1: Knot Resolver vulnerabilities

Publication date

1 October 2024

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in knot-resolver.

Releases

Packages

Details

Vladimír Čunát discovered that Knot Resolver incorrectly handled input
during DNSSEC validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to bypass certain validations. (CVE-2019-10190)

Vladimír Čunát discovered that Knot Resolver incorrectly handled input
during DNSSEC validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to downgrade DNSSEC-secure domains to a DNSSEC-insecure state, resulting
in a domain hijacking attack. (CVE-2019-10191)

Vladimír Čunát discovered that Knot Resolver incorrectly handled certain
DNS replies with many resource records. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to consume system resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-19331)

Lior Shafir, Yehuda Afek, and Anat Bremler-Barr discovered that Knot
Resolver incorrectly handled certain queries. A remote...

Vladimír Čunát discovered that Knot Resolver incorrectly handled input
during DNSSEC validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to bypass certain validations. (CVE-2019-10190)

Vladimír Čunát discovered that Knot Resolver incorrectly handled input
during DNSSEC validation. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue
to downgrade DNSSEC-secure domains to a DNSSEC-insecure state, resulting
in a domain hijacking attack. (CVE-2019-10191)

Vladimír Čunát discovered that Knot Resolver incorrectly handled certain
DNS replies with many resource records. An attacker could possibly use
this issue to consume system resources, resulting in a denial of service.
(CVE-2019-19331)

Lior Shafir, Yehuda Afek, and Anat Bremler-Barr discovered that Knot
Resolver incorrectly handled certain queries. A remote attacker could
use this issue to perform an amplification attack directed at a target.
(CVE-2020-12667)

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal knot-resolver –  3.2.1-3ubuntu2.2

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