CVE-2020-8618

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8618
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-06-17 22:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-10-07 13:08:00 UTC
DescriptionAn 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-617

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 20.04 All All All
Application Isc Bind All All All All
Application Netapp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1699-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2020-8618: A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer - Security Advisories CONFIRM kb.isc.org Vendor Advisory
USN-4399-1: Bind vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
June 2020 ISC BIND Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1701-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296073 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 24.75.2 Missing (CPUJUL2020)
  • 500063 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 503742 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 900157 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for bind 9.16.3
  • 903541 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for bind (1833)
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