CVE-2020-8618

MEDIUM

BIND >=9.16.0 <9.16.3 - Denial of Service via Zone Transfer Assertion Failure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8618
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003/
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html

Scores

CVSS v3 4.9
EPSS 0.0130
EPSS Percentile 79.9%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-617
Status published
Products (5)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 20.04
isc/bind 9.16.0 - 9.16.3
netapp/steelstore_cloud_integrated_storage
opensuse/leap 15.1
opensuse/leap 15.2
Published Jun 17, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026