CVE-2020-36659 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2020-36659?

CVE-2020-36659 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 27 Jan 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In Apache::Session::Browseable before 1.3.6, validity of the X.509 certificate is not checked by default when connecting to remote LDAP backends, because the default configuration of the Net::LDAPS module for Perl is used. NOTE: this can, for example, be fixed in conjunction with the CVE-2020-16093 fix.

Weakness: CWE-295

Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36659?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Lemonldap-Ng Apache\.

How do I fix CVE-2020-36659?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2020-36659 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-36659 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Debian Debian Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-36659, DLA-3285-1, GHSA-crqh-wr78-6jgr, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-36659.