CVE-2020-6750

5.9MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Gnome
Status
Glib
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 January 2020

Summary

GSocketClient in GNOME GLib through 2.62.4 may occasionally connect directly to a target address instead of connecting via a proxy server when configured to do so, because the proxy_addr field is mishandled. This bug is timing-dependent and may occur only sporadically depending on network delays. The greatest security relevance is in use cases where a proxy is used to help with privacy/anonymity, even though there is no technical barrier to a direct connection. NOTE: versions before 2.60 are unaffected.

References

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1989
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https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160668
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https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200127-0001/
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.9
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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