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CVE-2020-5143 (GCVE-0-2020-5143)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-10-12 10:40 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:22
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Summary
SonicOS SSLVPN login page allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to perform firewall management administrator username enumeration based on the server responses. This vulnerability affected SonicOS Gen 5 version 5.9.1.7, 5.9.1.13, Gen 6 version 6.5.4.7, 6.5.1.12, 6.0.5.3, SonicOSv 6.5.4.v and Gen 7 version SonicOS 7.0.0.0.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-203 - Observable Differences in Behavior to Error Inputs
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
SonicWall SonicOS Affected: SonicOS 6.5.4.7-79n and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 5.9.1.7-2n and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 5.9.1.13-5n and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 6.5.1.11-4n and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 6.0.5.3-93o and earlier
Affected: SonicOSv 6.5.4.4-44v-21-794 and earlier
Affected: SonicOS 7.0.0.0-1
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