CVE-2020-8618 (GCVE-0-2020-8618)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-17 21:20 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:36
VLAI
Title
A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer
Summary
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.
CWE
  • An assertion check in BIND (that is meant to prevent going beyond the end of a buffer when processing incoming data) can be incorrectly triggered by a large response during zone transfer. Versions affected: BIND 9.16.0 -> 9.16.3
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2020062… x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
ISC BIND9 Affected: 9.16.0 -> 9.16.3
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Date Public
2020-06-10 00:00
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