CVE-2020-12695 Server-side request forgery in n/a

High 7.5 Published Updated

Attackers can bypass network segmentation restrictions in UPnP implementations to launch denial-of-service attacks or access internal resources.

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

What is CVE-2020-12695?

CVE-2020-12695 is a high-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Open Connectivity Foundation UPnP specification before 2020-04-17 does not forbid the acceptance of a subscription request with a delivery URL on a different network segment than the fully qualified event-subscription URL, aka the CallStranger issue.

Weakness: CWE-276

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12695?

It affects 217 products.

Linux distribution packages (20)
gssdp AlmaLinux:8All versions1.0.5-1.el8
gssdp-devel AlmaLinux:8All versions1.0.5-1.el8
gssdp-docs AlmaLinux:8All versions1.0.5-1.el8
gupnp-devel AlmaLinux:8All versions1.0.6-1.el8
gssdp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.0.5-1.el8
gssdp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.0.5-1.el8
gssdp-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.0.5-1.el8
gssdp-utils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.0.5-1.el8
gupnp Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.0.6-1.el8
gupnp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.0.6-1.el8
gupnp-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:1.0.6-1.el8
gssdp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbAll versions0:1.0.5-1.el8
gssdp-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbAll versions0:1.0.5-1.el8
gssdp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbAll versions0:1.0.5-1.el8
gssdp-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbAll versions0:1.0.5-1.el8
gssdp-utils-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbAll versions0:1.0.5-1.el8
gupnp-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbAll versions0:1.0.6-1.el8
gupnp-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbAll versions0:1.0.6-1.el8
gupnp-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::crbAll versions0:1.0.6-1.el8
gssdp Rocky Linux:8All versions0:1.0.5-1.el8

Products include Asus Rt-N11, Broadcom Adsl, Canon Selphy Cp1200, Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Cisco Wap131, Cisco Wap150 and 211 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-12695?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2020-12695 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12695 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2020-12695, ALSA-2021:1789, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-12695, DLA-2315-1, GHSA-wp9w-2vp9-wg66, MGASA-2020-0304 and 5 more.

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