This page tracks the Debian fix status. The vulnerability itself is described on the main CVE page.
View CVE-2020-8620 →
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-8620
In BIND 9.15.6 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, An attacker who can establish a TCP connection with the server and send data on that connection can exploi...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In BIND 9.15.6 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, An attacker who can establish a TCP connection with the server and send data on that connection can exploit this to trigger the assertion failure, causing the server to exit.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
bind9
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.16.6-1"}]}]
Debian:13
bind9
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.16.6-1"}]}]
Debian:14
bind9
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:9.16.6-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org