SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2020-8623

In BIND 9.10.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.10.5-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker that can reach a vulnerable system with a specially crafted query packet can trigger a crash.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 6.40%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

In BIND 9.10.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.10.5-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker that can reach a vulnerable system with a specially crafted query packet can trigger a crash. To be vulnerable, the system must: * be running BIND that was built with "--enable-native-pkcs11" * be signing one or more zones with an RSA key * be able to receive queries from a possible attacker

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
6.40% probability · 93th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-617
Affected
isc/bind · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · synology/dns server · netapp/steelstore cloud integrated storage
Source
security-officer@isc.org

References

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