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ISC BIND Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2020-8625) - Linux
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
ISC BIND is prone to a buffer overflow vulnerability in the GSSAPI security policy negotiation.
Insight
Insight
GSS-TSIG is an extension to the TSIG protocol which is intended to support the secure exchange of keys for use in verifying the authenticity of communications between parties on a network. SPNEGO is a negotiation mechanism used by GSSAPI, the application protocol interface for GSS-TSIG. The SPNEGO implementation used by BIND has been found to be vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack.
Affected Software
Affected Software
BIND 9.5.0 - 9.11.27, 9.12.0 - 9.16.11, 9.11.3-S1 - 9.11.27-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 - 9.16.11-S1.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
Update to version 9.11.28, 9.16.12, 9.11.28-S1, 9.16.12-S1 or later.