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CVE-2020-8621

Attempting QNAME minimization after forwarding can lead to an assertion failure in resolver.c

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 9.16.6, 9.17.4
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In BIND 9.14.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, If a server is configured with both QNAME minimization and 'forward first' then an attacker who can send queries to it may be able to trigger the condition that will cause the server to crash. Servers that 'forward only' are not affected.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • ISC BIND9

    From 9.14.0 · fixed in 9.16.6; From 9.17.0 · fixed in 9.17.4

References 7

kb.isc.org

security.netapp.com

usn.ubuntu.com

security.gentoo.org

synology.com

lists.opensuse.org