CVE-2020-15688

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15688
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-23 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-01-31 17:25:00 UTC
DescriptionThe HTTP Digest Authentication in the GoAhead web server before 5.1.2 does not completely protect against replay attacks. This allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass authentication via capture-replay if TLS is not used to protect the underlying communication channel.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-294

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Embedthis Goahead All All All All
Application Embedthis Goahead All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Digest Nonce Handling over HTTP · Issue #3 · embedthis/goahead-gpl · GitHub MISC github.com Third Party Advisory
EmbedThis GoAhead Web Server 5.1.1 Digest Authentication Capture Replay Nonce Reuse ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
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