CVE-2020-8625
A vulnerability in BIND's GSSAPI security policy negotiation can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.1 High
- Published
- Feb 17, 2021
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 5, 2020
Description
BIND servers are vulnerable if they are running an affected version and are configured to use GSS-TSIG features. In a configuration which uses BIND's default settings the vulnerable code path is not exposed, but a server can be rendered vulnerable by explicitly setting valid values for the tkey-gssapi-keytab or tkey-gssapi-credentialconfiguration options. Although the default configuration is not vulnerable, GSS-TSIG is frequently used in networks where BIND is integrated with Samba, as well as in mixed-server environments that combine BIND servers with Active Directory domain controllers. The most likely outcome of a successful exploitation of the vulnerability is a crash of the named process. However, remote code execution, while unproven, is theoretically possible. Affects: BIND 9.5.0 -> 9.11.27, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.11, and versions BIND 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.27-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.11-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition. Also release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.1 of the BIND 9.17 development branch
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.1 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | isc |
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
BIND9ISC |
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References
- https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/cve-2020-8625
- DSA-4857vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20210218 BIND Operational Notification: Enabling the new BIND option "stale-answer-client-timeout" can result in unexpected server terminationmailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210219 [SECURITY] [DLA 2568-1] bind9 security updatemailing-list
- [oss-security] 20210220 BIND Operational Notification: Zone journal (.jnl) file incompatibility,after upgrading to BIND 9.16.12 and 9.17mailing-list
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-195/
- FEDORA-2021-0595625865vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-28f97e232dvendor-advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210319-0001/
- FEDORA-2021-8b4744f152vendor-advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
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