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CVE-2020-8621

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

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
ISC / BIND9affected 9.14.0 before *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

References

ADP enrichment

CVE

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