CVE-2020-8617
A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c
02 Description
A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 93.33% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 99.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2020-05-19 14:05Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 20:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-02-05
- Assigning CNA
- isc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.5)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-617Reachable AssertionBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 30cdd6c0847ac6cea917e8a50c9ebfc692efa3284dcb0bda8e19ccc2646b31d7
05 Affected products
06 References
- kb.isc.orghttps://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8617
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200519 Two vulnerabilities disclosed in BIND (CVE-2020-8616 and CVE-2020-8617)http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/05/19/4
- www.debian.orgDSA-4689https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4689
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200522-0002/
- packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157836/BIND-TSIG-Denial-Of-Service.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4365-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4365-2/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4365-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4365-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200530 [SECURITY] [DLA 2227-1] bind9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/05/msg00031.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-2d89cbcfd9https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/WOGCJS2XQ3SQNF4W6GLZ73LWZJ6ZZWZI/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-f9dcd4e9d5https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JKJXVBOKZ36ER3EUCR7VRB7WGHIIMPNJ/
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1699http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:1701http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html
07 Remediation
Upgrade to the patched release most closely related to your current version of BIND: BIND 9.11.19 BIND 9.14.12 BIND 9.16.3 BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers. BIND 9.11.19-S1
08 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- bind Fixed in 9.16.3-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.16.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.16.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.16.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.16
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.12
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.9.5.dfsg-3ubuntu0.19+esm2Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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