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CVE-2020-8624

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

Published: Aug 21, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-269
NVD MITRE
4.3CVSSMEDIUM
EPSS Score
3.6%
Top 11.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
0 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

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 specific subset of the zone's content could abuse these unintended additional privileges to update other contents of the zone.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-269

Affected Products

BIND9ISCNetworking Infrastructure
bindiscNetworking Infrastructure
steelstore cloud integrated storagenetappHardware Firmware
ubuntu linuxcanonical
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
isccommercialUSNetworking Infrastructureaka internet systems consortium
netappcommercialUSHardware Firmware
canonicalcommercialGBOperating Systemsaka canonical ltd.
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
and 11 more affected products View all →

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Exploitability

0 exploit sources identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Privilege Escalation
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References

https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8624
kb.isc.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DQN62GBMCIC5AY4KYADGXNKVY6AJKSJE/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/
security.netapp.com
and 19 more references View all →

Timeline

Published
Aug 21, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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