CVE-2020-35733

Description

An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP before 23.2.2. The ssl application 10.2 accepts and trusts an invalid X.509 certificate chain to a trusted root Certification Authority.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.30%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory erlang.org Vendor Advisory erlang.org Vendor Advisory erlang.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://www.erlang.org/news release notes vendor advisory
https://www.erlang.org/downloads product vendor advisory
https://github.com/erlang/otp/releases third party advisory
https://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2021-January/100357.html mailing list release notes vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/E4CXZWUOZELT7A5ZN6DJRQHX7L35V4PW/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-35733?
CVE-2020-35733 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-35733?
To fix CVE-2020-35733, 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-2020-35733 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-35733 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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