CVE-2020-14929

Description

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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 3.1 •

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.53%

Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/pipermail/alpine-info/2020-June/008989.html	third party advisory patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00025.html	third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJLY6JDVGDNAJZ3UQDWYWSDBWOAOXMNX/	vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFXQGKZZMP3VSTLZVO5Z7Z6USYIW37A6/	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-14929?: CVE-2020-14929 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-14929?: To fix CVE-2020-14929, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-14929 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-14929 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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