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CVE-2020-8619: A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 20/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 81.6% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. Administrator privileges are required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: bind (Alpine:v3.10) 9.16.4-r0; bind9 (Debian:10) 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u2; bind9 (Debian:12) 1:9.16.4-1.
  • Mentioned 2 times in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to bind (Alpine:v3.10) 9.16.4-r0; bind9 (Debian:10) 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u2; bind9 (Debian:12) 1:9.16.4-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

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.

MediumCVSS 4.9 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 17, 2020
Updated
Sep 1, 2026
EPSS
2.1% · 81th percentile

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Action score

20

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
19 / 40 · 4.9 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 2.1%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
4.9
CNA · isc
4.9
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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
iscbind
fedoraprojectfedora
opensuseleap
debiandebian linux
canonicalubuntu linux
netappsteelstore cloud integrated storage

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • canonical ubuntu linux20.04
  • debian debian linux10.0
  • fedoraproject fedora31
  • fedoraproject fedora32
  • isc bind9.11.14 and later · up to 9.11.19 inclusive
  • isc bind9.11.14-s1 and later · up to 9.11.19-s1 inclusive
  • isc bind9.14.9 and later · up to 9.14.12 inclusive
  • isc bind9.16.0 and later · up to 9.16.3 inclusive
  • netapp steelstore cloud integrated storageall versions
  • opensuse leap15.1
  • opensuse leap15.2

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (isc). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • ISC BIND9

    • 9.11.14 through versions before 9.11.20, 9.16.0 through versions before 9.16.4, 9.11.14-S1 through versions before 9.11.20-S1, 9.14.9 through versions 9.14.12affected

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Alpine:v3.10bindfrom 9.11.14 · before 9.16.4-r09.16.4-r0
Debian:10bind9before 1:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u21:9.11.5.P4+dfsg-5.1+deb10u2
Debian:12bind9before 1:9.16.4-11:9.16.4-1
openSUSE:Leap 15.1bindbefore 9.16.6-lp151.11.9.19.16.6-lp151.11.9.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.1libuvbefore 1.18.0-lp151.3.3.11.18.0-lp151.3.3.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.1sysuser-toolsbefore 2.0-lp151.4.3.12.0-lp151.4.3.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.2bindbefore 9.16.6-lp152.14.3.19.16.6-lp152.14.3.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.2libuvbefore 1.18.0-lp152.4.3.11.18.0-lp152.4.3.1
openSUSE:Leap 15.2sysuser-toolsbefore 2.0-lp152.5.3.12.0-lp152.5.3.1
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambindbefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-chrootbefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-debuginfobefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-debugsourcebefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-develbefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-export-libs-debuginfobefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-libsbefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-libs-debuginfobefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-libs-litebefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-libs-lite-debuginfobefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-licensebefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-lite-develbefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-pkcs11before 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-pkcs11-debuginfobefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreambind-pkcs11-develbefore 32:9.11.20-5.el832:9.11.20-5.el8

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Same product

isc: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2015-5477named in ISC BIND 9.x before 9.9.7-P2 and 9.10.x before 9.10.2-P3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (REQUIRE assertion faKEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2020-8617A logic error in code which checks TSIG validity can be used to trigger an assertion failure in tsig.c
    60This week
  • CVE-2016-2776buffer.c in named in ISC BIND 9 before 9.9.9-P3, 9.10.x before 9.10.4-P3, and 9.11.x before 9.11.0rc3 does not properly construct responses,
    60This week

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-8616May 19, 2020 · BIND does not sufficiently limit the number of fetches performed when processing referrals
    37Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2020-8618Jun 17, 2020 · A buffer boundary check assertion in rdataset.c can fail incorrectly during zone transfer
    20Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2020-8620Aug 21, 2020 · 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 data on that connection
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
alpine:bind9.16.4-r0 · Alpine:v3.10Package registry (OSV)
debian:bind91:9.16.4-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:bind9.16.6-lp152.14.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.2Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:libuv1.18.0-lp152.4.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.2Package registry (OSV)
opensuse:sysuser-tools2.0-lp152.5.3.1 · openSUSE:Leap 15.2Package registry (OSV)
red hat:bind32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-chroot32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-debuginfo32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-debugsource32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-devel32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-export-libs-debuginfo32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-libs32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-libs-debuginfo32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-libs-lite32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-libs-lite-debuginfo32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-license32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:bind-lite-devel32:9.11.20-5.el8 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
suse:bind9.16.6-12.32.1 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1Package registry (OSV)
suse:sysuser-tools2.0-4.2.8 · SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

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Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • Administrator privileges are required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-404 · Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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