CVE-2020-8623

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

• CWE-617

• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8623Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00053.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQN62GBMCIC5AY4KYADGXNKVY6AJKSJE/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKAMJZXR66P6S5LEU4SN7USSNCWTXEXP/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4752Third Party Advisory
• https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8623Vendor Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00053.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQN62GBMCIC5AY4KYADGXNKVY6AJKSJE/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZKAMJZXR66P6S5LEU4SN7USSNCWTXEXP/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19Third Party Advisory
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4752Third Party Advisory
• https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19Third Party Advisory

Published

Aug 21, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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• CVE-2020-8617Using a specially-crafted message, an attacker may potential…5.9
• CVE-2020-8618An attacker who is permitted to send zone data to a server v…4.9
• CVE-2020-8619In ISC BIND9 versions BIND 9.11.14 -> 9.11.19, BIND 9.14.9 -…4.9
• CVE-2020-8620In BIND 9.15.6 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, An attacker who …7.5
• CVE-2020-8621In BIND 9.14.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, If a server is c…7.5
• CVE-2020-8622In BIND 9.0.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3…6.5
• CVE-2020-8624In BIND 9.9.12 -> 9.9.13, 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.2…4.3
• CVE-2020-8625BIND servers are vulnerable if they are running an affected …8.1
• CVE-2020-8626Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. Reason: T…
• CVE-2020-8627Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. Reason: T…
• CVE-2020-8628Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. Reason: T…
• CVE-2020-8629Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. Reason: T…