CVE-2020-7043 Security feature bypass in n/a
An attacker can bypass certificate validation in openfortivpn by exploiting hostname comparison flaws, allowing man-in-the-middle 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-2020-7043?
CVE-2020-7043 is a critical vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 27 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL before 1.0.2. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because hostname comparisons do not consider '\0' characters, as demonstrated by a good.example.com\x00evil.example.com attack.
Weakness: CWE-295
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-7043?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Openfortivpn Project Openfortivpn, Opensuse Backports Sle, Opensuse Leap.
How do I fix CVE-2020-7043?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2020-7043 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-7043 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7043, GHSA-4pqj-5gg5-44jh, UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7043.