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CVE-2020-8622

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 5.59%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2020-08-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2020-8622
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
5.59%

Original NVD Description

In BIND 9.0.0 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.9.3-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker on the network path for a TSIG-signed request, or operating the server receiving the TSIG-signed request, could send a truncated response to that request, triggering an assertion failure, causing the server to exit. Alternately, an off-path attacker would have to correctly guess when a TSIG-signed request was sent, along with other characteristics of the packet and message, and spoof a truncated response to trigger an assertion failure, causing the server to exit.