CVE-2020-7041: fedoraproject fedora Improper Certificate Validation
CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2020-7041DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7041
Published 27-02-2020Last modified 04-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2020-7041 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) Improper Certificate Validation vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 1.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)EPSS score
1.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3Timeline
- 27-02-2020PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 04-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 an X509_check_host negative error code is interpreted as a successful return value.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versionsMedium 5.3Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:NSourcesAll 3 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.3MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Medium 5.0Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
1.75%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
77%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.75% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score1.75%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Opensuse2 products
- backports_sle15.0:sp1
- leapEOL15.1
Debian1 product
- openfortivpn< 1.12.0-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL30 | 31 | 32
Openfortivpn_project1 product
- openfortivpn< 1.12.0
Ubuntu1 product
- openfortivpnAll versions (No fix recorded)
5 vendors · 6 products
References
11 links- github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/issues/536X Refsource MISCREPORTIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
- github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/commit/cd9368c6a1b4ef91d77bb3fdbe2e5bc34aa6f4c4X Refsource MISCREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00009.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00011.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/commit/60660e00b80bad0fadcf39aee86f6f8756c94f91X Refsource CONFIRMREPORTPatchThird Party Advisory
