CVE-2020-8619

Publication date 17 June 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

In ISC BIND9 versions BIND 9.11.14 -> 9.11.19, BIND 9.14.9 -> 9.14.12, BIND 9.16.0 -> 9.16.3, BIND Supported Preview Edition 9.11.14-S1 -> 9.11.19-S1: Unless a nameserver is providing authoritative service for one or more zones and at least one zone contains an empty non-terminal entry containing an asterisk ("*") character, this defect cannot be encountered. A would-be attacker who is allowed to change zone content could theoretically introduce such a record in order to exploit this condition to cause denial of service, though we consider the use of this vector unlikely because any such attack would require a significant privilege level and be easily traceable.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
bind9 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.2
19.10 eoan
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected

Notes

mdeslaur

upstream advisory says BIND 9.11.14 -> 9.11.19, probably introduced in race condition fixes introduced in 9.11.4.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required High
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

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