SB2020082819 - Reachable Assertion in bind (Alpine package)
Published: August 28, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2020082819
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8623)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion when processing DNS query for a zone signed with RSA. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted query and crash the DNS server.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability requires that BIND is built with "--enable-native-pkcs11".
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.