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.
Solution:
Workaround:
The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8618 | vendor advisory |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003/ | third party advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1/ | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html | vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html | vendor advisory mailing list third party advisory |