Reachable Assertion Affecting bind9 package, versions <1:9.16.4-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment. Learn more

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

Do your applications use this vulnerable package?

In a few clicks we can analyze your entire application and see what components are vulnerable in your application, and suggest you quick fixes.

Test your applications
  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-BIND9-572605
  • published18 Jun 2020
  • disclosed17 Jun 2020

Introduced: 17 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-8618  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 bind9 to version 1:9.16.4-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind9 package and not the bind9 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1