Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-8620 - Reachable Assertion vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 17 | |
| Application | 1 | |
| OS | 2 | |
| OS | 3 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8620
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8620
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19
- https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19