Cryptographic issues in wolfSSL - CVE-2020-24613

 

Cryptographic issues in wolfSSL - CVE-2020-24613

Published: August 26, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU46079
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/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-2020-24613
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
wolfSSL
Software vendor:
wolfSSL

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect implementation of TLS 1.3 protocol within the SanityCheckTls13MsgReceived() in tls13.c when processing server data in the WAIT_CERT_CR state. A remote attacker can perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack and read or modify information passed between clients using the wolfSSL library and TLS servers.


Remediation

Install updates from vendor's website.

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