CVE-2020-8620

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8620
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8620.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2020-8620
Downstream
ALPINE (1)
BELL (1)
CGA (2)
DEBIAN (1)
openSUSE (3)
SUSE (1)
UBUNTU (1)
Related
Published
2020-08-21T21:15:12Z
Modified
2026-10-15T10:47:34Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

In BIND 9.15.6 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, An attacker who can establish a TCP connection with the server and send data on that connection can exploit this to trigger the assertion failure, causing the server to exit.

Database specific
{
    "unresolved_ranges": [
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "12.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "12.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "16.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "16.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "18.04"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "18.04"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "canonical:ubuntu_linux"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.21:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.13:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "9.9.13-s1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "9.9.13-s1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "9.9.13-s1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "9.9.13-s1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "9.11.21-s1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "9.11.21-s1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "9.11.21-s1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "9.11.21-s1"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "isc:bind"
        },
        {
            "cpes": [
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                "cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "extracted_events": [
                {
                    "range": [
                        {
                            "introduced": "15.1"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "15.1"
                        },
                        {
                            "introduced": "15.2"
                        },
                        {
                            "last_affected": "15.2"
                        }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                }
            ],
            "vendor_product": "opensuse:leap"
        }
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Git / github.com/isc-projects/bind9

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/isc-projects/bind9
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.15.6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.16.5"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.17.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.17.3"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.12:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.9.12-s1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.9.12-s1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.3:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.11.3-s1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.11.3-s1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

9.*
9.11.3-s1
9.9.12-s1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8620.json"

Git / gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9
Events
Database specific
Show details
{
    "extracted_events": [
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.15.6"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.16.5"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.17.0"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.17.3"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_RANGE"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.9.12:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.9.12-s1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.9.12-s1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        },
        {
            "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:isc:bind:9.11.3:s1:*:*:supported_preview:*:*:*",
            "range": [
                {
                    "introduced": "9.11.3-s1"
                },
                {
                    "last_affected": "9.11.3-s1"
                }
            ],
            "source": "CPE_STRING"
        }
    ]
}

Affected versions

9.*
9.11.3-s1
9.9.12-s1

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2020-8620.json"