CVE-2020-14387

Summary

CVECVE-2020-14387
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-27 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-06-09 14:54:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in rsync in versions since 3.2.0pre1. Rsync improperly validates certificate with host mismatch vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit the flaw by performing a man-in-the-middle attack using a valid certificate for another hostname which could compromise confidentiality and integrity of data transmitted using rsync-ssl. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity. This flaw affects rsync versions before 3.2.4.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-297

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Samba Rsync All All All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.2.0 - All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.2.0 pre1 All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.2.0 pre2 All All
Application Samba Rsync 3.2.0 pre3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
1875549 – (CVE-2020-14387) CVE-2020-14387 rsync: rsync-ssl does not verify the hostname in the server certificate when using openssl MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296053 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 35.94.4 Missing (CPUJUL2021)
  • 502234 Alpine Linux Security Update for rsync
  • 502472 Alpine Linux Security Update for rsync
  • 901157 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for rsync (7462-1)
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