CVE-2024-8508

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La versi\u00f3n 1.21.1 de Unbound introduce un l\u00edmite estricto en la cantidad de c\u00e1lculos de compresi\u00f3n de nombres que est\u00e1 dispuesto a realizar por paquete. Los paquetes que necesitan m\u00e1s compresi\u00f3n dar\u00e1n como resultado paquetes semicomprimidos o paquetes truncados, incluso en TCP para mensajes grandes, para evitar bloquear la CPU durante mucho tiempo. 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