| Name | CVE-2020-8619 |
| Description | In ISC BIND9 versions BIND 9.11.14 -> 9.11.19, BIND 9.14.9 -> 9.14.12, BIND 9.16.0 -> 9.16.3, BIND Supported Preview Edition 9.11.14-S1 -> 9.11.19-S1: Unless a nameserver is providing authoritative service for one or more zones and at least one zone contains an empty non-terminal entry containing an asterisk ("*") character, this defect cannot be encountered. A would-be attacker who is allowed to change zone content could theoretically introduce such a record in order to exploit this condition to cause denial of service, though we consider the use of this vector unlikely because any such attack would require a significant privilege level and be easily traceable. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-4752-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1:9.9.5.dfsg-9+deb8u30 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u12 | fixed | |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1:9.10.3.dfsg.P4-12.3+deb9u15 | fixed | |
| buster | 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u7 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u10 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 1:9.16.44-1~deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye (security) | 1:9.16.48-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 1:9.18.19-1~deb12u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm (security) | 1:9.18.24-1 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 1:9.19.21-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| bind9 | source | wheezy | (not affected) | |||
| bind9 | source | jessie | (not affected) | |||
| bind9 | source | stretch | (not affected) | |||
| bind9 | source | buster | 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u2 | DSA-4752-1 | ||
| bind9 | source | (unstable) | 1:9.16.4-1 |
[stretch] - bind9 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
[jessie] - bind9 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)
https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8619
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/-/issues/1718
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/commit/0854f631149848b64cc193979d0b0edf39159330 (v9_17_3)
https://gitlab.isc.org/isc-projects/bind9/commit/90a7416d1599df7aa1cdfac33b2da9352eeec4b0 (v9_11_21)
[wheezy] - bind9 <not-affected> (Vulnerable code introduced later)