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CVE-2020-14929
Alpine before 2.23 silently proceeds to use an insecure connection after a /tls is sent in certain circumstances involving PREAUTH, which…
High7.5EPSS 1.9%
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- mitre
Description
Alpine before 2.23 silently proceeds to use an insecure connection after a /tls is sent in certain circumstances involving PREAUTH, which is a less secure behavior than the alternative of closing the connection and letting the user decide what they would like to do.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.9% · top 21% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- http://mailman13.u.washington.edu/pipermail/alpine-info/2020-June/008989.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200625 [SECURITY] [DLA 2254-1] alpine security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-386249cec2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2020-f822ea9330 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
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