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CVE-2020-2253

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Sep 16, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
4.8
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-2253
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

Jenkins Email Extension Plugin 2.75 and earlier does not perform hostname validation when connecting to the configured SMTP server.

Weakness

The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Email_extensionJenkins*2.75 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References

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