usn-4468-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2020-08-21 11:29
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
bind9 vulnerabilities
Details

Emanuel Almeida discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain TCP payloads. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8620)

Joseph Gullo discovered that Bind incorrectly handled QNAME minimization when used in certain configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8621)

Dave Feldman, Jeff Warren, and Joel Cunningham discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain truncated responses to a TSIG-signed request. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-8622)

Lyu Chiy discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain queries. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-8623)

Joop Boonen discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain subdomain update-policy rules. A remote attacker granted privileges to change certain parts of a zone could use this issue to change other contents of the zone, contrary to expectations. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8624)

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  "details": "Emanuel Almeida discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain TCP\npayloads. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to\ncrash, resulting in a denial of service. This issue only affected Ubuntu\n20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8620)\n\nJoseph Gullo discovered that Bind incorrectly handled QNAME minimization\nwhen used in certain configurations. A remote attacker could possibly use\nthis issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in a denial of service. This\nissue only affected Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8621)\n\nDave Feldman, Jeff Warren, and Joel Cunningham discovered that Bind\nincorrectly handled certain truncated responses to a TSIG-signed request. A\nremote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service. (CVE-2020-8622)\n\nLyu Chiy discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain queries. A remote\nattacker could possibly use this issue to cause Bind to crash, resulting in\na denial of service. (CVE-2020-8623)\n\nJoop Boonen discovered that Bind incorrectly handled certain subdomain\nupdate-policy rules. A remote attacker granted privileges to change certain\nparts of a zone could use this issue to change other contents of the zone,\ncontrary to expectations. This issue only affected Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and\nUbuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8624)\n",
  "id": "USN-4468-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:39Z",
  "published": "2020-08-21T11:29:29Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "summary": "bind9 vulnerabilities",
  "upstream": [
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    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8621",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8622",
    "UBUNTU-CVE-2020-8623",
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}



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