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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8618
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 sp...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
bind9
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.16.4-1"}]}]
Debian:13
bind9
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.16.4-1"}]}]
Debian:14
bind9
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.16.4-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org