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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8622

DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8622 PUBLISHED CVSS 6.5 MEDIUM

In BIND 9.0.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker on the network path for a TSIG-signed request, or operating the server receiving the TSIG-signed request, could send a truncated response to that request, triggering an assertion failure, causing the server to exit. Alternately, an off-path attacker would have to correctly guess when a TSIG-signed request was sent, along with other characteristics of the packet and message, and spoof a truncated response to trigger an assertion failure, causing the server to exit.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
6.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:13bind90, 0, 0
Debian:12bind90, 0, 0
Debian:14bind90, 0, 0
Debian:11bind90, 0, 0

Timeline

  • Aug 21, 2020 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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