| Name | CVE-2020-12667 |
| Description | Knot Resolver before 5.1.1 allows traffic amplification via a crafted DNS answer from an attacker-controlled server, aka an "NXNSAttack" issue. This is triggered by random subdomains in the NSDNAME in NS records. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 961076 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| knot-resolver (PTS) | buster | 3.2.1-3 | vulnerable |
| buster (security) | 3.2.1-3+deb10u1 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 5.3.1-1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 5.6.0-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| knot-resolver | source | (unstable) | 5.1.1-0.1 | 961076 |
[buster] - knot-resolver <no-dsa> (Minor issue; can be fixed via point release)
https://en.blog.nic.cz/2020/05/19/nxnsattack-upgrade-resolvers-to-stop-new-kind-of-random-subdomain-attack/
commit: https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver/-/commit/54f05e4d7b2e47c0bdd30b84272fc503cc65304b
commit: https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/knot/knot-resolver/-/commit/ba7b89db780fe3884b4e90090318e25ee5afb118