CVE-2020-8618

A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer

Severity Score

4.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

Un atacante al que se le permite enviar datos de zona a un servidor mediante la transferencia de zona puede explotar esto para provocar intencionalmente el fallo de aserción con una zona especialmente construida, negando el servicio a los clientes

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-02-05 CVE Reserved
2020-06-17 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-617: Reachable Assertion

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200625-0003	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.html	2022-10-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.html	2022-10-07
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8618	2022-10-07
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4399-1	2022-10-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Isc Search vendor "Isc"		Bind Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind"				>= 9.16.0 <= 9.16.3 Search vendor "Isc" for product "Bind" and version " >= 9.16.0 <= 9.16.3"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.2"		-		Affected
Netapp Search vendor "Netapp"		Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage Search vendor "Netapp" for product "Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage"				-		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				20.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "20.04"		lts		Affected