VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2020-8618
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.
MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 1.85%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.85%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.85% probability · 78th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-617
- Affected
- isc/bind · opensuse/leap · netapp/steelstore cloud integrated storage · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- security-officer@isc.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8618Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8618Vendor Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003/Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.