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CVE-2020-8623

Public on 2020-08-21
Modified on 2020-12-08
Description

A flaw was found in bind. An assertion failure can occur when a specially crafted query for a zone signed with an RSA key. BIND must be compiled with "--enable-native-pkcs11" for the system to be affected. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.5
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 2 - Core bind 2020-12-08 20:55 ALAS2-2020-1564

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv3 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H