Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2020-8618 |
CWE-ID | CWE-617 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
ISC BIND Server applications / DNS servers |
Vendor | ISC |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU29184
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8618
CWE-ID:
CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion in rdataset.c when processing large responses during zone transfers. A remote attacker with ability to send zone data to a server via zone transfer can exploit this to intentionally trigger memory corruption and assertion failure with a specially constructed zone, denying service to clients.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsISC BIND: 9.11.0 - 9.17.1
External linkshttp://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8618
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.
How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?
The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.