Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2020-8617

CWE-617Reachable Assertion13 documents9 sources
Severity
5.9MEDIUM
EPSS
92.6%
top 0.26%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Timeline
PublishedMay 19
Latest updateMay 24

Description

Using a specially-crafted message, an attacker may potentially cause a BIND server to reach an inconsistent state if the attacker knows (or successfully guesses) the name of a TSIG key used by the server. Since BIND, by default, configures a local session key even on servers whose configuration does not otherwise make use of it, almost all current BIND servers are vulnerable. In releases of BIND dating from March 2018 and after, an assertion check in tsig.c detects this inconsistent state and de

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

Debianbind9< 1:9.16.3-1+3
NVDisc/bind9.0.09.11.18+15
CVEListV5isc/bind99.0.0 -> 9.11.18, 9.12.0 -> 9.12.4-P2, 9.14.0 -> 9.14.11, 9.16.0 -> 9.16.2, and releases 9.17.0 -> 9.17.1 of the 9.17 experimental development branch. All releases in the obsolete 9.13 and 9.15 development branches. All releases of BIND Supported Preview Edition from 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.18-S1
NVDopensuse/leap15.1, 15.2+1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 8.0, 9.0, Fedora 31, 32, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04, 18.04, 19.10, 20.04

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

5
GHSA
GHSA-q6g5-8p95-hqh7: Using a specially-crafted message, an attacker may potentially cause a BIND server to reach an inconsistent state if the attacker knows (or successful2022-05-24
OSV
bind9 vulnerabilities2020-05-20
CVEList
A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c2020-05-19
OSV
CVE-2020-8617: Using a specially-crafted message, an attacker may potentially cause a BIND server to reach an inconsistent state if the attacker knows (or successful2020-05-19
OSV
bind9 vulnerabilities2020-05-19

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
BIND - 'TSIG' Denial of Service2020-05-20

📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
Bind vulnerabilities2020-05-20
Ubuntu
Bind vulnerabilities2020-05-19
Red Hat
bind: A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c2020-05-19
Debian
CVE-2020-8617: bind9 - Using a specially-crafted message, an attacker may potentially cause a BIND serv...2020

💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8617 bind: A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c [fedora-all]2020-05-19
Bugzilla
CVE-2020-8617 bind: A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c2020-05-15
CVE-2020-8617 (MEDIUM CVSS 5.9) | Using a specially-crafted message | cvebase.io