disabled hostname verificiation
CVE-2020-17514

7.4HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Apache
Status
Apache Fineract
Vendor
CVE Published:
27 May 2021

Summary

Apache Fineract prior to 1.5.0 disables HTTPS hostname verification in ProcessorHelper in the configureClient method. Under typical deployments, a man in the middle attack could be successful.

Affected Version(s)

Apache Fineract Apache Fineract < 1.5.0

References

https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211
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https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc011b25289c8a6e14f8...
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/27/2
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.4
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

We would like to thank Simon Gerst at https://github.com/intrigus-lgtm for reporting this issue
.