CVE-2020-14929

Alpine before 2.23 silently proceeds to use an insecure connection after a /tls is sent in certain circumstances involving PREAUTH, which is a less secure behavior than the alternative of closing the connection and letting the user decide what they would like to do.

CVSS v3.0 7.5 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

7.5^/10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/pipermail/alpine-info/2020-June/008989.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00025.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJLY6JDVGDNAJZ3UQDWYWSDBWOAOXMNX/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFXQGKZZMP3VSTLZVO5Z7Z6USYIW37A6/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:alpine_project:alpine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:31:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:32:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2020-06-19 12:15

Updated : 2023-01-27 18:03

NVD link : CVE-2020-14929

Mitre link : CVE-2020-14929

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

fedoraproject

fedora

alpine_project

alpine

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