VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-8620

In BIND 9.15.6 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, An attacker who can establish a TCP connection with the server and send data on that connection can exploit this to trigger the assertion failure, causing the server to exit.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.69%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.69%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

CVSS 3.1: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS: 3.69% probability · 89th 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.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8620Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8620Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/Third Party Advisory
https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.