PT-2024-14867 · Bitdefender · Bitdefender Total Security

Published 2024-10-18 · Updated 2024-10-22 · CVE-2023-6056

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v4.0

8.6

High

Base vector

AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bitdefender Total Security (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability has been discovered in the HTTPS scanning functionality that results in the improper trust of self-signed certificates. The product is found to trust certificates signed with the RIPEMD-160 hashing algorithm without proper validation, allowing an attacker to establish Man-In-The-Middle (MITM) SSL connections to arbitrary sites.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Certificate Validation

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-295

Related Identifiers

CVE-2023-6056

Affected Products

Bitdefender Total Security

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6056 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-6056 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bitdefender.com/support/security-advisories/insecure-trust-of-self-signed-certificates-in-bitdefender-total-security-https-scanning-va-11164 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/the_yellow_fall/status/1847209224268562943 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99105 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CveFindCom/status/1847186289147154624 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99096 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1847181263658197162 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/98715 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/8301 · Telegram Post