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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2020-8621 (11.4 SRU 26.75.4)

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2020-8621 (11.4 SRU 26.75.4)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
08/21/2020
Created
01/20/2021
Added
01/19/2021
Modified
02/17/2022

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(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-network-dns-bind-9-11-22-0-0-11-4-26-0-1-75-1
  • oracle-solaris-11-4-upgrade-service-network-dns-bind-9-11-22-0-0-11-4-26-0-1-75-1

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