Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202102-40 ========================================== Severity: High Date : 2021-02-27 CVE-ID : CVE-2020-8625 Package : bind Type : arbitrary code execution Remote : Yes Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1589 Summary ======= The package bind before version 9.16.12-1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. Resolution ========== Upgrade to 9.16.12-1. # pacman -Syu "bind>=9.16.12-1" The problem has been fixed upstream in version 9.16.12. Workaround ========== None. Description =========== A security issue was found in BIND 9.5.0 up to 9.11.27, 9.12.0 up to 9.16.11, and versions BIND 9.11.3-S1 up to 9.11.27-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 up to 9.16.11-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition, as well as the release versions 9.17.0 and 9.17.1 of the BIND 9.17 development branch. A vulnerability in BIND's GSSAPI security policy can be targeted by a buffer overflow attack. Impact ====== A malicious server could execute code on the host. References ========== https://kb.isc.org/docs/cve-2020-8625 https://downloads.isc.org/isc/bind9/9.16.12/patches/CVE-2020-8625.patch https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2020-8625