{"id":"CVE-2020-8619","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-8619","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T23:28:14.389Z","title":"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…","description":"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.","published":"2020-06-17T22:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-01T20:57:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security-officer@isc.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-404"],"affected":["isc/bind","fedoraproject/fedora","opensuse/leap","debian/debian linux","canonical/ubuntu linux","netapp/steelstore cloud integrated storage"],"epss":{"score":0.02105,"percentile":0.81618,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.10%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8619","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNFTTYJ5JJJJ6QG3AHXJGDIIEYMDFWFW/","source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIOXMJX4N3LBKC65OXNBE52W4GAS7QEX/","source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4752","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security-officer@isc.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8619","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNFTTYJ5JJJJ6QG3AHXJGDIIEYMDFWFW/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIOXMJX4N3LBKC65OXNBE52W4GAS7QEX/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4752","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8619","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}