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HistorySep 06, 2021 - 12:00 a.m.

ISC BIND DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2020-8618) - Windows

2021-09-0600:00:00
Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH
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4.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

50.5%

ISC BIND is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.

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CPE = "cpe:/a:isc:bind";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.146639");
  script_version("2021-09-06T14:01:33+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-09-06 14:01:33 +0000 (Mon, 06 Sep 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2021-09-06 11:12:58 +0000 (Mon, 06 Sep 2021)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.0");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-10-20 12:15:00 +0000 (Tue, 20 Oct 2020)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2020-8618");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("ISC BIND DoS Vulnerability (CVE-2020-8618) - Windows");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2021 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
  script_family("Denial of Service");
  script_dependencies("gb_isc_bind_consolidation.nasl", "os_detection.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("isc/bind/detected", "Host/runs_windows");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"ISC BIND is prone to a denial of service (DoS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"An assertion check in BIND (that is meant to prevent going
  beyond the end of a buffer when processing incoming data) can be incorrectly triggered by a large
  response during zone transfer.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An attacker who is permitted to send zone data to a server via
  zone transfer can exploit this to intentionally trigger the assertion failure with a specially
  constructed zone, denying service to clients.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"BIND 9.16.0 through 9.16.3.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 9.16.4 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8618");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if (isnull(port = get_app_port(cpe: CPE)))
  exit(0);

if (!infos = get_app_full(cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE))
  exit(0);

version = infos["version"];
proto = infos["proto"];
location = infos["location"];

if (version_in_range(version: version, test_version: "9.16.0", test_version2: "9.16.3")) {
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version: version, fixed_version: "9.16.4", install_path: location);
  security_message(port: port, data: report, proto: proto);
  exit(0);
}

exit(99);

4.9 Medium

CVSS3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

6.5 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

High

4 Medium

CVSS2

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

SINGLE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P

0.002 Low

EPSS

Percentile

50.5%