CVE-2020-8617

A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c

High · published May 19, 2020

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High probability of exploitation

CVSS calls it high at 7.5. It sits in the 99.8th percentile for exploit probability.

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
93%
Percentile
99.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Using a specially-crafted message, an attacker may potentially cause a BIND server to reach an inconsistent state if the attacker knows (or successfully guesses) the name of a TSIG key used by the server. Since BIND, by default, configures a local session key even on servers whose configuration does not otherwise make use of it, almost all current BIND servers are vulnerable. In releases of BIND dating from March 2018 and after, an assertion check in tsig.c detects this inconsistent state and deliberately exits. Prior to the introduction of the check the server would continue operating in an inconsistent state, with potentially harmful results.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.93422 · 99.8th percentile
Published
2020-05-19T14:05Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 MAY 14:05Z
    A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c
    cvelistv5