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.
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-2020-8620 | vendor advisory |
| https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/ | third party advisory |
| https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/ | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19 | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19 | third party advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html | third party advisory vendor advisory |