CVE-2020-8622 describes an assertion failure vulnerability in multiple versions of ISC BIND 9, including supported preview editions, affecting various vendors like Canonical, Debian, and Oracle. An attacker on the network path or operating the receiving server can send a truncated TSIG-signed response, causing the BIND server to crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.5 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and no user interaction required, leading to high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.0.0, <= 9.11.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.12.0, <= 9.16.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.17.0, <= 9.17.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.3:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:* | ||
9.11.21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.21:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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