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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 21, 2020· Updated Sep 16, 2024

Attempting QNAME minimization after forwarding can lead to an assertion failure in resolver.c

CVE-2020-8621

Description

In BIND 9.14.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, If a server is configured with both QNAME minimization and 'forward first' then an attacker who can send queries to it may be able to trigger the condition that will cause the server to crash. Servers that 'forward only' are not affected.

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