CVE-2020-7042

NameCVE-2020-7042
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because the hostname check operates on uninitialized memory. The outcome is that a valid certificate is never accepted (only a malformed certificate may be accepted).
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Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
openfortivpn (PTS)buster1.8.1-1vulnerable
bullseye1.15.0-1fixed
bookworm1.19.0-2fixed
trixie1.21.0-2fixed
sid1.22.0-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
openfortivpnsource(unstable)1.12.0-1

Notes

[buster] - openfortivpn <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/issues/536
https://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/commit/9eee997d599a89492281fc7ffdd79d88cd61afc3

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