CVE-2020-14387

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-297 Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch

Publication date:

27/05/2021

Last modified:

09/06/2021

Description

A flaw was found in rsync in versions since 3.2.0pre1. Rsync improperly validates certificate with host mismatch vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit the flaw by performing a man-in-the-middle attack using a valid certificate for another hostname which could compromise confidentiality and integrity of data transmitted using rsync-ssl. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity. This flaw affects rsync versions before 3.2.4.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.40 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

7.40

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0

5.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync::::::::	3.2.1 (including)	3.2.4 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.2.0:-::::::
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.2.0:pre1::::::
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.2.0:pre2::::::
cpe:2.3:a:samba:rsync:3.2.0:pre3::::::

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1875549