vulnerability
VMware Photon OS: CVE-2020-8618
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jun 17, 2020 | Jan 20, 2025 | Mar 25, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 17, 2020
Added
Jan 20, 2025
Modified
Mar 25, 2026
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
vmware-photon_os_update_tdnf
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