CVE-2020-8620 (GCVE-0-2020-8620)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-08-21 20:50 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:40
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
In BIND 9.15.6 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, An attacker who can establish a TCP connection with the server and send data on that connection can exploit this to trigger the assertion failure, causing the server to exit.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- In versions of BIND that use the libuv network manager (9.16.x is the only stable branch affected) an incorrectly specified maximum buffer size allows a specially crafted large TCP payload to trigger an assertion failure when it is received. Affects BIND 9.15.6 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3
Assigner
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| https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8620 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-2020082… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/ | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO |
| https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synolo… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-annou… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
Date Public
2020-08-20 00:00
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