#VU41778 Input validation error in WinSCP - CVE-2014-2735

 

#VU41778 Input validation error in WinSCP - CVE-2014-2735

Published: April 22, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41778
Vulnerability risk: 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-2014-2735
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
WinSCP
Software vendor:
winscp.sourceforge.net

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

WinSCP before 5.5.3, when FTP with TLS is used, does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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