CVE-2020-15685
Description
A flaw was found in Mozilla. The Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory describes that during the plaintext phase of the STARTTLS connection setup, protocol commands could have been injected and evaluated within the encrypted session.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security rates the severity of this flaw as determined by the Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory.
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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CVSS v3 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 8.8 | 8.8 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Attack Complexity | Low | Low | N/A |
| Privileges Required | None | None | N/A |
| User Interaction | Required | Required | N/A |
| Scope | Unchanged | Unchanged | N/A |
| Confidentiality | High | High | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | High | High | N/A |
| Availability Impact | High | High | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Integrity,Confidentiality
Technical Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
If an attackers can spoof the endpoint, the attacker gains all the privileges that were intended for the original endpoint.
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank the Mozilla project for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Damian Poddebniak as the original reporter.
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