Vulnerability in Openfortivpn Project
CVE-2020-7041
An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because an X509_check_host negative error code is interpreted as a successful return value.
Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation
EPSS: 0.017 (75.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.
Affected products
- Openfortivpn_project Openfortivpn
- Openssl
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 30, 31, 32
- Opensuse Backports_sle — versions 15.0
- Opensuse Leap — versions 15.1
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, 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 (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_FEDORA, vendor-advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-7041?
- CVE-2020-7041 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Openfortivpn Project, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2020-02-27.
- How severe is CVE-2020-7041?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2020-7041 known to be exploited?
- 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.