CVE-2020-15690 Other in n/a
Critical 9.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-15690 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2020-15690 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jan 2021. 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-2020-15690 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2020-15690/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-15690/index.md)
The Nim asyncftpclient library fails to validate newline characters in messages, potentially allowing protocol manipulation or injection attacks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2020-15690?
CVE-2020-15690 is a critical vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Jan 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
In Nim before 1.2.6, the standard library asyncftpclient lacks a check for whether a message contains a newline character.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-15690?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Nim-Lang Nim.
How do I fix CVE-2020-15690?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-15690 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-15690 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2020-15692 Command injection in n/a
- CVE-2021-21372 Nimble arbitrary code execution for specially crafted package metadata
- CVE-2021-21374 Nimble fails to validate certificates due to insecure httpClient defaults
- CVE-2021-21373 Nimble falls back to insecure http url when fetching packages
- CVE-2020-15694 Other in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-15690, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-15690.