CVE-2025-5994
Public on 2025-07-16
Modified on 2025-08-05
Description
A multi-vendor cache poisoning vulnerability named 'Rebirthday Attack' has been discovered in caching resolvers that support EDNS Client Subnet (ECS). Unbound is also vulnerable when compiled with ECS support, i.e., '--enable-subnet', AND configured to send ECS information along with queries to upstream name servers, i.e., at least one of the 'send-client-subnet', 'client-subnet-zone' or 'client-subnet-always-forward' options is used. Resolvers supporting ECS need to segregate outgoing queries to accommodate for different outgoing ECS information. This re-opens up resolvers to a birthday paradox attack (Rebirthday Attack) that tries to match the DNS transaction ID in order to cache non-ECS poisonous replies.
Severity
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CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | unbound | No Fix Planned | ||
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | unbound | 2025-08-04 | ALAS2-2025-2951 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Unbound1.17 Extra | unbound | 2025-08-04 | ALAS2UNBOUND-1.17-2025-005 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2023 | unbound | 2025-08-08 | ALAS2023-2025-1122 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |