usn-8449-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2026-06-18 13:33
Modified
2026-06-22 07:13
Summary
ldns vulnerability
Details

Pablo Ruiz discovered that ldns did not properly validate DNS responses when used as a stub resolver over UDP. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary DNS responses.


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        "name": "ldns",
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  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Pablo Ruiz discovered that ldns did not properly validate DNS\nresponses when used as a stub resolver over UDP. A remote\nattacker could possibly use this issue to inject arbitrary DNS\nresponses.",
  "id": "USN-8449-1",
  "modified": "2026-06-22T07:13:08Z",
  "published": "2026-06-18T13:33:51Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8449-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-10846"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "ldns vulnerability",
  "upstream": [
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-10846"
  ]
}



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