CVE-2020-7042
An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because the hostname check operates on uninitialized memory. The
02 Description
An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because the hostname check operates on uninitialized memory. The
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
- 1.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/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
- 2020-02-27 17:30Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-04 09:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2020-01-14
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 23d159d74ea6a9f9993f775118eff83a46ac499538d668749cf9362ce26e6823
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/issues/536
- github.comhttps://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/commit/cd9368c6a1b4ef91d77bb3fdbe2e5bc34aa6f4c4
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0301http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00009.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0305http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00011.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-42eb8821dbhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SRVVNXCNTNMPCIAZIVR4FAGYCSU53FNA/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-c96ab3c813https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FF6HYIBREQGATRM5COF57MRQWKOKCWZ3/
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-dcdffcc368https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CKNKSGBVYGRRVRLFEFBEKUEJYJR5LWOF/
- github.comhttps://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/commit/9eee997d599a89492281fc7ffdd79d88cd61afc3
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- openfortivpn Fixed in 1.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- openfortivpn Fixed in 1.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- openfortivpn Fixed in 1.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- openfortivpn No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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