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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-14929: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-14929: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/19/2020
Created
08/07/2020
Added
08/07/2020
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

Alpine before 2.23 silently proceeds to use an insecure connection after a /tls is sent in certain circumstances involving PREAUTH, which is a less secure behavior than the alternative of closing the connection and letting the user decide what they would like to do.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-alpine

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