CVE-2020-8620 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2020-8620 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 21/08/2020 | CVE Updated: 17/09/2024 | CVE Year: 2020
Source: isc | Vendor: ISC | Product: BIND9
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2020-8620 Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 7.5 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* LOW
    Privileges Required (PR)* NONE
    User Interaction (UI)* NONE
    Scope (S)* UNCHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* NONE
    Integrity Impact (I)* NONE
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID:
CWE Name: In versions of BIND that use the libuv network manager (9.16.x is the only stable branch affected) an incorrectly specified maximum buffer size allows a specially crafted large TCP payload to trigger an assertion failure when it is received. Affects BIND 9.15.6 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3
Source: ISC

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).