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CVE-2020-14002

Published: Jun 29, 2020Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-203
5.9MEDIUM
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.1%
Top 13.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
No Fix Available

Description

PuTTY 0.68 through 0.73 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client).

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-203

Affected Products

puttyputty
Mixed
Consumer Software / file-utility
oncommand unified manager core packagenetappHardware Firmware
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
n/an/a
puttyoss-projectConsumer Software
netappcommercialUSHardware Firmware
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project

Exploitability

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00016.html
lists.debian.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/26TACCSQYYCPWAJYNAUIXJGZ5RGORJZV/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JPV4A77EDCT4BTFO5BE26ZH72BG4E5IJ/
lists.fedoraproject.org
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Timeline

Published
Jun 29, 2020
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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