Vulnerability in Mcafee Policy_auditor

CVE-2020-15719

libldap in certain third-party OpenLDAP packages has a certificate-validation flaw when the third-party package is asserting RFC6125 support. It considers CN even when there is a non-matching subjectAltName (SAN). This is fixed in, for exa…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.024 (82.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
  • cve@mitre.org (Permissions Required, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
  • cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-15719?
CVE-2020-15719 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Mcafee Policy_auditor, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 4.2/10. Published 2020-07-14.
How severe is CVE-2020-15719?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-15719 known to be exploited?
9 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.