vulnerability
ISC BIND: A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer (CVE-2020-8618)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 17, 2020 | Jun 19, 2020 | Aug 11, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 17, 2020
Added
Jun 19, 2020
Modified
Aug 11, 2025
Description
An attacker who is permitted to send zone data to a server via zone transfer can exploit this to intentionally trigger the assertion failure with a specially constructed zone, denying service to clients.
Solution
upgrade-isc-bind-latest
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