Improper Certificate Validation Affecting axel package, versions <2.17.8-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.29% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-AXEL-1926544
  • published21 Jul 2020
  • disclosed26 May 2020

Introduced: 26 May 2020

CVE-2020-13614  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 axel to version 2.17.8-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream axel package and not the axel package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS implementation lacks hostname verification.

CVSS Scores

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