CVE-2020-8619
A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer
02 Description
A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer
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
- 2.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-01.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. 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
- 2020-06-17 21:20Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-02-05
- Assigning CNA
- isc
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7a07e47673874edb2f0cd80a5380b44226b78fd2c38c322ec9b025237a93e389
05 Affected products
06 References
- kb.isc.orghttps://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8619
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-54a91444ffhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNFTTYJ5JJJJ6QG3AHXJGDIIEYMDFWFW/
- security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-5f8da4b260https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EIOXMJX4N3LBKC65OXNBE52W4GAS7QEX/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4399-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1/
- www.debian.orgDSA-4752https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4752
- 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 9.11.20 BIND 9.16.4 BIND Supported Preview Edition is a special feature preview branch of BIND provided to eligible ISC support customers. BIND 9.11.20-S1
08 Fixed in
Arch Linux
- bind Fixed in 9.16.4-1
Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.16.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.16.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.16.4-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- bind9 Fixed in 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.