CVE-2020-8625

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8625
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-02-17 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:26:00 UTC
DescriptionBIND servers are vulnerable if they are running an affected version and are configured to use GSS-TSIG features. In a configuration which uses BIND's default settings the vulnerable code path is not exposed, but a server can be rendered vulnerable by explicitly setting valid values for the tkey-gssapi-keytab or tkey-gssapi-credentialconfiguration options. Although the default configuration is not vulnerable, GSS-TSIG is frequently used in networks where BIND is integrated with Samba, as well as in mixed-server environments that combine BIND servers with Active Directory domain controllers. The most likely outcome of a successful exploitation of the vulnerability is a crash of the named process. However, remote code execution, while unproven, is theoretically possible. Affects: BIND 9.5.0 -> 9.11.27, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.11, and versions BIND 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.27-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.11-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition. Also release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.1 of the BIND 9.17 development branch

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-120

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 34 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.21 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.27 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.3 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.5 s3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.5 s5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.6 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.7 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.8 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.16.11 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.16.8 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.17.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.17.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.21 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.27 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.3 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.5 s3 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.5 s5 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.6 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.7 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.11.8 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.16.11 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.16.8 s1 All All
Application Isc Bind 9.17.0 All All All
Application Isc Bind 9.17.1 All All All
Application Isc Bind All All All All
Application Isc Bind All All All All
Hardware Netapp 500f - All All All
Operating System Netapp 500f Firmware - All All All
Hardware Netapp A250 - All All All
Operating System Netapp A250 Firmware - All All All
Application Netapp Cloud Backup - All All All
Application Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: bind-9.11.28-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2020-8625: A vulnerability in BIND's GSSAPI security policy negotiation can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack - Security Advisories CONFIRM kb.isc.org Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
oss-security - BIND Operational Notification: Enabling the new BIND option "stale-answer-client-timeout" can result in unexpected server termination MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: bind-9.11.28-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: bind-9.11.28-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ZDI-21-195 | Zero Day Initiative MISC www.zerodayinitiative.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] [DLA 2568-1] bind9 security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: bind-9.16.11-5.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: bind-9.11.28-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - BIND Operational Notification: Zone journal (.jnl) file incompatibility,after upgrading to BIND 9.16.12 and 9.17 MLIST www.openwall.com Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE-2020-8625 ISC BIND Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: bind-9.16.11-5.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4857-1 bind9 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: ISC would like to thank an anonymous party, working in conjunction with Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative, for reporting this issue to us.

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 281600 Fedora Security Update for bind (FEDORA-2021-8b4744f152)
  • 281607 Fedora Security Update for bind (FEDORA-2021-0595625865)
  • 281608 Fedora Security Update for bind (FEDORA-2021-28f97e232d)
  • 296069 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 31.88.5 Missing (CPUJAN2021)
  • 352243 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for bind: ALAS-2021-1485
  • 352252 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for bind: ALAS2-2021-1614
  • 376869 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for bind (ALINUX2-SA-2021:0011)
  • 377151 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for bind (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0025)
  • 500059 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 503739 Alpine Linux Security Update for bind
  • 670330 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-1894)
  • 670359 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-1865)
  • 670364 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-1766)
  • 670386 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-1939)
  • 670431 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-1918)
  • 670596 EulerOS Security Update for bind (EulerOS-SA-2021-2354)
  • 730228 McAfee Web Gateway Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-3445, WP-3483, WP-3527, WP-3528, WP-3547, WP-3584,WP-3589,WP-3611)
  • 750333 OpenSUSE Security Update for bind (openSUSE-SU-2021:0375-1)
  • 900065 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for bind 9.16.3
  • 903172 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for bind (3907)
  • 940192 AlmaLinux Security Update for bind (ALSA-2021:0670)
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