PT-2020-13615 · Axel+4 · Axel+4

Theopolis · Published 2020-05-26 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2020-13614

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Axel versions prior to 2.17.8

Description An issue was discovered in the TLS implementation of Axel, where it lacks hostname verification. This issue is related to the ssl.c file.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.17.8, update to version 2.17.8 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of TLS connections to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2021-2177

ALT-PU-2023-4921

CVE-2020-13614

MGASA-2020-0263

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0778-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020:0785-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2020_0778-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10645-1

USN-4872-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Axel

Linuxmint

Suse

Ubuntu

References · 31

• 🔥 https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/issues/262 · Exploit
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-13614 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0785-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00006.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10645-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-13614 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-4872-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2020:0778-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-13614 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-13614 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13614 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4872-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2020-0263 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-13614 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00010.html · Vendor Advisory