vulnerability
ISC BIND: A specially crafted large TCP payload can trigger an assertion failure in tcpdns.c (CVE-2020-8620)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Aug 21, 2020 | Sep 8, 2020 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 21, 2020
Added
Sep 8, 2020
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
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.
Solution
upgrade-isc-bind-latest
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