CVE-2020-8623

high-risk
Published 2020-08-21

In BIND 9.10.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.10.5-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker that can reach a vulnerable system with a specially crafted query packet can trigger a crash. To be vulnerable, the system must: * be running BIND that was built with "--enable-native-pkcs11" * be signing one or more zones with an RSA key * be able to receive queries from a possible attacker

Do I need to act?

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18.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — higher than 82% of all CVEs
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.5/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

References (22)

Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/
Third Party Advisory https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/
and 2 more references
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/ 100
high-risk
Severity 26/34 · High
Exploitability 13/34 · Low
Exposure 18/34 · Moderate