High severity · published Aug 21, 2020
CVE-2020-8620
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…
7.5
CVSS
3.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.8% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BI
Bind · Isc
9.15.6 through 9.16.5; 9.17.0 through 9.17.3; 9.9.12; 9.9.13; 9.11.3; 9.11.21 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1; 15.2 · source: NVD
SC
Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage · Netapp
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04; 16.04; 18.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8620
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8620
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html
Vendor Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8620
Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19
Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/
Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/
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