Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 17, 2020· Updated Sep 16, 2024
A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer
CVE-2020-8618
Description
An attacker who is permitted to send zone data to a server via zone transfer can exploit this to intentionally trigger the assertion failure with a specially constructed zone, denying service to clients.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
40- osv-coords38 versionspkg:apk/chainguard/bindpkg:apk/chainguard/bind-devpkg:apk/chainguard/bind-dnssec-rootpkg:apk/chainguard/bind-dnssec-toolspkg:apk/chainguard/bind-docpkg:apk/chainguard/bind-libspkg:apk/chainguard/bind-pluginspkg:apk/chainguard/bind-toolspkg:apk/wolfi/bindpkg:apk/wolfi/bind-devpkg:apk/wolfi/bind-dnssec-rootpkg:apk/wolfi/bind-dnssec-toolspkg:apk/wolfi/bind-docpkg:apk/wolfi/bind-libspkg:apk/wolfi/bind-pluginspkg:apk/wolfi/bind-toolspkg:rpm/opensuse/bind&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/bind&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/bind&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/libuv&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/libuv&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/opensuse/sysuser-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.1pkg:rpm/opensuse/sysuser-tools&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.2pkg:rpm/suse/bind&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/bind&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bind&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/bind&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/bind&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/bind&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Server%20Applications%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/bind&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/bind&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015pkg:rpm/suse/sysuser-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-ESPOSpkg:rpm/suse/sysuser-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20High%20Performance%20Computing%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sysuser-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/sysuser-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Basesystem%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/sysuser-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Module%20for%20Development%20Tools%2015%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/sysuser-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2015-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/sysuser-tools&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2015
< 0+ 37 more
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 0
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-lp151.11.9.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-lp152.14.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.20-1.4
- (no CPE)range: < 1.18.0-lp151.3.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.18.0-lp152.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0-lp151.4.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0-lp152.5.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 9.16.6-12.32.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0-4.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0-4.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0-4.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0-4.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0-4.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0-4.2.8
- (no CPE)range: < 2.0-4.2.8
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
5- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlmitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1/mitrevendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8618mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003/mitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.