# CVE-2020-14002: Information disclosure in n/a

> Man-in-the-middle attackers can leak information during initial SSH connection attempts due to observable discrepancies in algorithm negotiation.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 29 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** ALPINE-CVE-2020-14002, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14002, GHSA-f25w-hjcw-x829, MGASA-2020-0358, MGASA-2021-0380, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-14002

## What is CVE-2020-14002?

CVE-2020-14002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 29 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

PuTTY 0.68 through 0.73 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client).

Weakness: CWE-203 (Observable Discrepancy)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14002?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Fedoraproject Fedora, Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager Core Package, Putty Putty.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-14002?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2020-14002 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-14002 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-14002 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 29 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14002 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fedoraproject Fedora. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14002/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14002/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-14002
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14002
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14002

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-14002/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.