CVE-2020-8617

HIGH

BIND - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

Using a specially-crafted message, an attacker may potentially cause a BIND server to reach an inconsistent state if the attacker knows (or successfully guesses) the name of a TSIG key used by the server. Since BIND, by default, configures a local session key even on servers whose configuration does not otherwise make use of it, almost all current BIND servers are vulnerable. In releases of BIND dating from March 2018 and after, an assertion check in tsig.c detects this inconsistent state and deliberately exits. Prior to the introduction of the check the server would continue operating in an inconsistent state, with potentially harmful results.

Exploits (4)

exploitdb WORKING POC
by Teppei Fukuda · pythondosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48521
nomisec WORKING POC 45 stars
by knqyf263 · poc
https://github.com/knqyf263/CVE-2020-8617
nomisec WORKING POC
by gothburz · poc
https://github.com/gothburz/cve-2020-8617
metasploit WORKING POC
by Tobias Klein, Shuto Imai · rubypoc
https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/dos/dns/bind_tsig_badtime.rb

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.9263
EPSS Percentile 99.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-617
Status published
Products (23)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 19.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
debian/debian_linux 10.0
fedoraproject/fedora 31
... and 13 more
Published May 19, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026