Reachable Assertion The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package bind  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-BIND-5846946
  • published21 Aug 2023
  • disclosed21 Aug 2020

Introduced: 21 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-8623  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-617  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Wolfi security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Wolfi:latest.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bind package and not the bind package as distributed by Wolfi.

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