debian · CVE-2020-8618

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Sun, 19 Jul 2026 12:01:35 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2020-8618 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (bind9), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

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.

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