Improper certificate validation in Apache::Session::LDAP - CVE-2020-36658

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Improper certificate validation in Apache::Session::LDAP - CVE-2020-36658

Published: January 26, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU85841
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-36658
CWE-ID: CWE-295
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform MitM attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not check validity of the X.509 certificate when connecting to remote LDAP backends. A remote attacker can perform MitM attack.


Affected software

Apache::Session::LDAP
Ubuntu
libapache-session-ldap-perl (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-36658

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache::Session::LDAP - update to 0.5
libapache-session-ldap-perl (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions Ubuntu Pro, 0.4-1+deb10u1build0.20.04.1

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