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Status published
High
CVE-2020-14929
Alpine before 2.23 silently proceeds to use an insecure connection...
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/pipermail/alpine-info/2020-June/008989.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/06/msg00025.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZJLY6JDVGDNAJZ3UQDWYWSDBWOAOXMNX/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFXQGKZZMP3VSTLZVO5Z7Z6USYIW37A6/
Affected Vendor
alpine project
View all reports →Affected Software
alpine, fedora, debian linux
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 31, 32, 8.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 19th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.