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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-8623: Security patch for bind (ALAS-2020-1564)

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Amazon Linux AMI 2: CVE-2020-8623: Security patch for bind (ALAS-2020-1564)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/21/2020
Created
12/11/2020
Added
12/10/2020
Modified
11/26/2024

Description

In BIND 9.10.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.10.5-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker that can reach a vulnerable system with a specially crafted query packet can trigger a crash. To be vulnerable, the system must: * be running BIND that was built with "--enable-native-pkcs11" * be signing one or more zones with an RSA key * be able to receive queries from a possible attacker

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-chroot
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-debuginfo
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-export-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-export-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-libs-lite
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-license
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-lite-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-pkcs11
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-pkcs11-devel
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-pkcs11-libs
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-pkcs11-utils
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-sdb
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-sdb-chroot
  • amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-bind-utils

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