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High USN-4468-1 5 CVEs

bind9 vulnerabilities

Published Aug 21, 2020 · Updated Apr 22, 2026

Summary

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)

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 16.04 LTS 16.04:LTS bind9 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-8ubuntu1.17
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS bind9 1:9.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu1.13
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS bind9 1:9.16.1-0ubuntu2.3

Vulnerabilities 5

  • High 7.5

    In BIND 9.15.6 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, An attacker who can establish a TCP connection with the server and send dat…

  • High 7.5

    Attempting QNAME minimization after forwarding can lead to an assertion failure in resolver.c

    In BIND 9.14.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, If a server is configured with both QNAME minimization and 'forward first' then an attacker who can send queries to it may be able to trigger the condition that will cause the server to crash. Servers that 'forward …

  • High 7.5

    A flaw in native PKCS#11 code can lead to a remotely triggerable assertion failure in pk11.c

    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 vulner…

  • Medium 6.5

    A truncated TSIG response can lead to an assertion failure

    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, co…

  • Medium 4.3

    update-policy rules of type "subdomain" are enforced incorrectly

    In BIND 9.9.12 -> 9.9.13, 9.10.7 -> 9.10.8, 9.11.3 -> 9.11.21, 9.12.1 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, also affects 9.9.12-S1 -> 9.9.13-S1, 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.21-S1 of the BIND 9 Supported Preview Edition, An attacker who has been granted privileges to change a sp…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8620
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8621
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8622
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8623
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-8624