CVE-2020-8618
A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 4.9 Medium
- Published
- Jun 17, 2020
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 5, 2020
Description
An attacker who is permitted to send zone data to a server via zone transfer can exploit this to intentionally trigger the assertion failure with a specially constructed zone, denying service to clients.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 4.9 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | isc |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
BIND9ISC |
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References
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8618
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003/
- USN-4399-1vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1699vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1701vendor-advisory
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