CVE-2020-13614

openSUSE Security Advisory - openSUSE-SU-2020:0778-1

Severity Score

5.9

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

Se detectó un problema en el archivo ssl.c en Axel versiones anteriores a 2.17.8. La implementación TLS carece de verificación del nombre de host.

An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. This update for axel fixes the following issues. Axel was updated to 2.17.8. SSL Certificate Hostnames were not verified Replaced progressbar line clearing with terminal control sequence. Fixed parsing of Content-Disposition HTTP header. Fixed User-Agent HTTP header never being included.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2020-05-26 CVE Reserved
2020-05-26 CVE Published
2024-08-04 CVE Updated
2024-08-04 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation

CAPEC

References (6)

URL	Tag	Source
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/releases/tag/v2.17.8	Release Notes

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/issues/262	2024-08-04

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00006.html	2023-11-07
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00010.html	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/LPZUQSDGV5XDBJGHBWBHWJIBE47Q4QIB	2023-11-07
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S3ECAKIZA2TGBYLUQTLGRMXUFIOGRHG3	2023-11-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Axel Project Search vendor "Axel Project"		Axel Search vendor "Axel Project" for product "Axel"				< 2.17.8 Search vendor "Axel Project" for product "Axel" and version " < 2.17.8"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				33 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "33"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				34 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "34"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Backports Sle Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Backports Sle"				15.0 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Backports Sle" and version "15.0"		sp1		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				15.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "15.1"		-		Affected