CVE-2020-17514

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-17514
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-05-27 12:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:19:00 UTC
DescriptionApache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Apache Fineract All All All All

References

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Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[FINERACT-1211] ProcessorHelper error handling can lead to NullPointerException - ASF JIRA CONFIRM issues.apache.org
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
oss-security - CVE-2020-17514: Apache Fineract: Disabled hostname verification for HTTPS MLIST www.openwall.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: We would like to thank Simon Gerst at https://github.com/intrigus-lgtm for reporting this issue

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