| Name | CVE-2020-13614 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in ssl.c in Axel before 2.17.8. The TLS implementation lacks hostname verification. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| axel (PTS) | bullseye | 2.17.10-2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.17.11-3 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.17.14-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| axel | source | jessie | (not affected) | | | |
| axel | source | (unstable) | 2.17.8-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - axel <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - axel <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - axel <not-affected> (SSL/TLS implemented from v2.10. But without ssl support is a major drawback)
https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/issues/262