PT-2021-10093 · Apache · Apache Fineract

Simon Gerst · Published 2021-05-27 · Updated 2021-06-07 · CVE-2020-17514

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.4

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Apache Fineract versions prior to 1.5.0

Description: The issue allows for a man-in-the-middle attack due to the disabling of HTTPS hostname verification in the configureClient method of ProcessorHelper. This could be successful under typical deployments.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 1.5.0, update to version 1.5.0 or later to enable HTTPS hostname verification and prevent man-in-the-middle attacks.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-17514

Affected Products

Apache Fineract

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-17514 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-17514 · Security Note
• https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-1211 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/05/27/2 · Note
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc011b25289c8a6e14f8bc6d07e727382a1df3c8cf2aa5369598bbf64%40%3Cdev.fineract.apache.org%3E · Note