CVEvulnerability

CVE-2020-14387

7.4 HIGH Published 2021-05-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-05-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-297

Description

A flaw was found in rsync in versions since 3.2.0pre1. Rsync improperly validates certificate with host mismatch vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could exploit the flaw by performing a man-in-the-middle attack using a valid certificate for another hostname which could compromise confidentiality and integrity of data transmitted using rsync-ssl. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity. This flaw affects rsync versions before 3.2.4.

Affected configurations

• samba rsync (>= 3.2.1 < 3.2.4) • samba rsync 3.2.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-297 Improper Validation of Certificate with Host Mismatch weakness

References