CVE-2020-14145 Information disclosure in n/a

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

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

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

What is CVE-2020-14145?

CVE-2020-14145 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, published on 29 Jun 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The client side in OpenSSH 5.7 through 8.4 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). NOTE: some reports state that 8.5 and 8.6 are also affected.

Weakness: CWE-203

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-14145?

It affects 9 products.

Linux distribution packages (40)
openssh-askpass AlmaLinux:8All versions8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-askpass Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-askpass-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-cavs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-clients-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-keycat-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-ldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-server-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstreamAll versions0:0.10.3-7.10.el8
openssh Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-askpass-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-cavs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-cavs-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-clients Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-clients-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-keycat Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-keycat-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-ldap Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-ldap-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh-server-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
pam_ssh_agent_auth Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:0.10.3-7.10.el8
pam_ssh_agent_auth-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::baseosAll versions0:0.10.3-7.10.el8
openssh Rocky Linux:8All versions0:8.0p1-10.el8
openssh SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5All versions7.2p2-74.57.1
openssh-askpass-gnome SUSE:Enterprise Storage 5All versions7.2p2-74.57.1
openssh SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8All versions7.2p2-74.57.1
openssh-askpass-gnome SUSE:HPE Helion OpenStack 8All versions7.2p2-74.57.1
openssh SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOSAll versions7.6p1-9.38.1
openssh SUSE:Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSSAll versions7.6p1-9.38.1
openssh SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP1All versions7.9p1-6.22.1
openssh SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15 SP2All versions8.1p1-5.9.1
openssh-askpass-gnome SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1All versions7.9p1-6.22.1
openssh-askpass-gnome SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP2All versions8.1p1-5.9.1
openssh SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP1All versions7.9p1-6.22.1
openssh SUSE:Linux Enterprise Module for Server Applications 15 SP2All versions8.1p1-5.9.1

Products include Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Aff A700s Firmware, Netapp Hci Compute Node, Netapp Hci Management Node, Netapp Hci Storage Node, Netapp Ontap Select Deploy Administration Utility and 3 more.

How do I fix CVE-2020-14145?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-14145 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-14145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2020-14145, ALSA-2021:4368, DEBIAN-CVE-2020-14145, GHSA-96g2-7cqx-5ggh, JLSEC-2026-63, MGASA-2021-0118 and 10 more.

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