Reachable Assertion Affecting bind package, versions <9.16.6-r0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE311-BIND-1278117
- published 29 Aug 2020
- disclosed 21 Aug 2020
Introduced: 21 Aug 2020
CVE-2020-8620 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.11 bind to version 9.16.6-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind package and not the bind package as distributed by Alpine.
See How to fix? for Alpine:3.11 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8620
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/
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