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01 Record

CVE-2020-13614

An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS implementation lacks hostname verification.

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS implementation lacks hostname verification.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.97% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 80.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
5.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-05-26 22:08Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 12:25Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-05-26
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Not rated by the issuing CNA
CNA CVSS vector
Not published by the issuing CNA
Weaknesses
  • CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
abbd90a069fdd799ed0952367f40119a812c0eb50fd2939604a21602f9a6fbe9

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
axel_projectaxelNot specified—
fedoraprojectfedoraNot specified—
opensusebackports_sleNot specified—
opensuseleapNot specified—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Debian 12

  • axel
    Fixed in 2.17.8-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • axel
    Fixed in 2.17.8-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • axel
    Fixed in 2.17.8-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS

  • axel
    Fixed in 2.16.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS

  • axel
    Fixed in 2.17.5-1ubuntu1+esm1
    Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.