What is CVE-2020-25680?

CVE-2020-25680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Core Services Httpd, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2020-25680?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Core Services Httpd

CVE-2020-25680

A flaw was found in JBCS httpd in version 2.4.37 SP3, where it uses a back-end worker SSL certificate with the keystore file's ID is 'unknown'. The validation of the certificate whether CN and hostname are matching stopped working and allow connecting to the back-end work. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data integrity.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.003 (25.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Redhat Jboss_core_services_httpd — versions 2.4.37
N/a Jbcs Httpd — versions JBCS httpd 2.4.37 SP5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-25680?: CVE-2020-25680 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Core Services Httpd, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2021-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2020-25680?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.