#VU32937 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in OpenSSH - CVE-2020-14145

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#VU32937 Use of a broken or risky cryptographic algorithm in OpenSSH - CVE-2020-14145

Published: July 30, 2020 / Updated: December 4, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU32937
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-14145
CWE-ID: CWE-327
Exploitation vector: Adjecent network
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
OpenSSH
Software vendor:
OpenSSH

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists in openssh client during algorithm negotiation due to observable discrepancy. A remote attacker can perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Partial mitigation against this issue was included in OpenSSH 8.4


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