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.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2227-1 bind9 security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4689-1 bind9 security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4365-1 Bind vulnerabilities
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4365-2 Bind vulnerabilities
Fixes

Solution

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND: BIND 9.11.19 BIND 9.14.12 BIND 9.16.3 BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers. BIND 9.11.19-S1


Workaround

None known.

History

No history.

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: isc

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:26:32.566Z

Reserved: 2020-02-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-8617

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-05-19T14:15:11.987

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:39:07.990

Link: CVE-2020-8617

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2020-05-19T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-8617 - Bugzilla

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