CVE-2020-12105 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

Attackers can perform man-in-the-middle attacks due to mishandled negative return values in certificate checks, affecting OpenConnect users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2020-12105?

CVE-2020-12105 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, published on 23 Apr 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

OpenConnect through 8.08 mishandles negative return values from X509_check_ function calls, which might assist attackers in performing man-in-the-middle attacks.

Weakness: CWE-755

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12105?

It affects 2 products.

Linux distribution packages (4)
openconnect SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4All versions7.08-3.9.1
openconnect SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5All versions7.08-3.9.1
openconnect SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1All versions7.08-6.6.1
openconnect openSUSE:Leap 15.1All versions7.08-lp151.6.6.1

Products include Infradead Openconnect, Opensuse Leap.

How do I fix CVE-2020-12105?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-12105 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12105 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12105, GHSA-wr4v-x69c-q5jx, SUSE-SU-2020:1264-1, SUSE-SU-2020:1337-1, openSUSE-SU-2020:0694-1.

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