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Alpine: multiple bind packages: security update to 9.16.11-r2
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423703
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- BIND servers are vulnerable if they are running an affected version and are configured to use GSS-TSIG
features. In a configuration which uses BIND's default settings the vulnerable code path is not exposed,
but a server can be rendered vulnerable by explicitly setting valid values for the tkey-gssapi-keytab or
tkey-gssapi-credentialconfiguration options. Although the default configuration is not vulnerable, GSS-
TSIG is frequently used in networks where BIND is integrated with Samba, as well as in mixed-server
environments that combine BIND servers with Active Directory domain controllers. The most likely outcome
of a successful exploitation of the vulnerability is a crash of the named process. However, remote code
execution, while unproven, is theoretically possible. Affects: BIND 9.5.0 -> 9.11.27, 9.12.0 -> 9.16.11,
and versions BIND 9.11.3-S1 -> 9.11.27-S1 and 9.16.8-S1 -> 9.16.11-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition.
Also release versions 9.17.0 -> 9.17.1 of the BIND 9.17 development branch (CVE-2020-8625)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 423703
Version: Revision 1.7
Type: Local
Published: 4/4/2025
Updated: 7/2/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.9
Percentile: 96.97
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8625
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/17/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2020-8625
IAVA: 2021-A-0101-S