CVE-2020-14929 (GCVE-0-2020-14929)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-06-19 18:58 – Updated: 2024-08-04 13:00
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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