Improper Privilege Management Affecting bind9 package, versions <1:9.16.6-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.44% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-BIND9-608009
  • published21 Aug 2020
  • disclosed21 Aug 2020

Introduced: 21 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-8623  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-269  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 bind9 to version 1:9.16.6-1 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.

In BIND 9.10.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.10.5-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker that can reach a vulnerable system with a specially crafted query packet can trigger a crash. To be vulnerable, the system must: * be running BIND that was built with "--enable-native-pkcs11" * be signing one or more zones with an RSA key * be able to receive queries from a possible attacker

CVSS Scores

version 3.1