Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU46714

Code Injection in desktop - CVE-2020-8224

Published: August 10, 2020 / Updated: September 15, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU46714

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-8224

CWE-ID: CWE-94

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation when processing OpenSSL configuration file. A remote user can upload a malicious OpenSSL config file into a fixed directory and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Affected software

desktop
Gentoo Linux

How to mitigate CVE-2020-8224

Install updates from vendor's website.

desktop - update to 2.6.5

External References

https://hackerone.com/reports/622170
https://nextcloud.com/security/advisory/?id=NC-SA-2020-030
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-09

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