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CVE-2020-7042

An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later.

Impact

An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because the hostname check operates on uninitialized memory. The outcome is that a valid certificate is never accepted (only a malformed certificate may be accepted).

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
Openfortivpn ProjectOpenfortivpn
before 1.12.0
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 30, 31, 32
OpensuseBackports Sle
Version 15.0
OpensuseLeap
Version 15.1

Weakness classification

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