vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2020-8621): Bind vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Aug 21, 2020
Added
Aug 22, 2020
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

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

ubuntu-upgrade-bind9
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