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CVE-2020-8621

Attempting QNAME minimization after forwarding can lead to an assertion failure in resolver.c

CVSS 7.5 HIGHEPSS 2.9%
In BIND 9.14.0 -> 9.16.5, 9.17.0 -> 9.17.3, If a server is configured with both QNAME minimization and 'forward first' then an attacker who can send queries to it may be able to trigger the condition that will cause the server to crash. Servers that 'forward only' are not affected.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products
ISC · BIND9

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References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00041.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-10/msg00044.htmlhttps://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8621https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202008-19https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200827-0003/https://usn.ubuntu.com/4468-1/https://www.synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_20_19