vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2020-8621: bind9 -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 21, 2020
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

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.

Solution

debian-upgrade-bind9
Title
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