Vulnerability identifier: #VU45817

Vulnerability risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8624

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Vulnerable software:
ISC BIND
Server applications / DNS servers

Vendor: ISC

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to perform unauthorized actions.

The vulnerability exists due to change 4885 in BIND inadvertently caused "update-policy" rules of type "subdomain" to be treated as if they were of type "zonesub", allowing updates to all parts of the zone along with the intended subdomain. A remote user with privileges to change a specific subset of the zone's content could abuse these unintended additional privileges to update other contents of the zone.

Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

ISC BIND: 9.9.12 - 9.17.3

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External links
http://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8624

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Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote authenticated user via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.