Is CVE-2020-8624 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-8624 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-8624?

CVE-2020-8624 has a CVSS score of 4.3 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2020-8624?

Patch guidance is available from isc security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2020-8624.

Which products are affected by CVE-2020-8624?

18 products: isc bind, isc bind, isc bind, isc bind, isc bind, and 13 more.

CVE-2020-8624 - remediation guidance & executive summary

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 Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: low
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management

Metadata

Primary Vendor: ISC
Published: 8/21/2020
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

isc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindisc : bindnetapp : steelstore_cloud_integrated_storagecanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedoraopensuse : leapopensuse : leap

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD