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CVE-2020-8279

Improper Certificate Validation

Published: Nov 19, 2020 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
7.4
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2020-8279
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

Missing validation of server certificates for out-going connections in Nextcloud Social < 0.4.0 allowed a man-in-the-middle attack.

Weakness

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

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Social Nextcloud * 0.4.0 (excluding)

Potential Mitigations

References

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