CVE-2020-7042
5.3
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 1.5%
Description
An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because the hostname check operates on uninitialized memory. The outcome is that a valid certificate is never accepted (only a malformed certificate may be accepted).
How to fix CVE-2020-7042
To remediate CVE-2020-7042, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/openfortivpn—upgrade to 1.12.0-1 or later
Is CVE-2020-7042 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 1.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.12.0-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N |