Description
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.
Published: 2020-08-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 8.4% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND: BIND 9.16.6 BIND 9.17.4


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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-29468 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4468-1 Bind vulnerabilities
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Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: isc

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:40:34.573Z

Reserved: 2020-02-05T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-8620

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-08-21T21:15:12.090

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:39:08.367

Link: CVE-2020-8620

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-08-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-8620 - Bugzilla

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