Vulnerabilities > CVE-2020-12105 - Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in multiple products

047910
CVSS 5.9 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
HIGH
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
high complexity
infradead
opensuse
CWE-755
nessus

Summary

OpenConnect through 8.08 mishandles negative return values from X509_check_ function calls, which might assist attackers in performing man-in-the-middle attacks.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Infradead
65
OS
Opensuse
1

Nessus

  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idSUSE_SU-2020-1337-1.NASL
    descriptionThis update for openconnect fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : CVE-2020-12105: Fixed the improper handling of negative return values from X509_check_ function calls that might have allowed MITM attacks (bsc#1170452). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2020-05-22
    plugin id136796
    published2020-05-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136796
    titleSUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : openconnect (SUSE-SU-2020:1337-1)
    code
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from SUSE update advisory SUSE-SU-2020:1337-1.
    # The text itself is copyright (C) SUSE.
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(136796);
      script_version("1.2");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/05/26");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2020-12105");
    
      script_name(english:"SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : openconnect (SUSE-SU-2020:1337-1)");
      script_summary(english:"Checks rpm output for the updated packages.");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis",
        value:"The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description",
        value:
    "This update for openconnect fixes the following issues :
    
    Security issue fixed :
    
    CVE-2020-12105: Fixed the improper handling of negative return values
    from X509_check_ function calls that might have allowed MITM attacks
    (bsc#1170452).
    
    Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding
    description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable
    has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible
    without introducing additional issues."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1170452"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-12105/"
      );
      # https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2020/suse-su-20201337-1/
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?12a08222"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution",
        value:
    "To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended
    installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.
    
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15-SP1 :
    
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Product-WE-15-SP1-2020-1337=1
    
    SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Open Buildservice Development Tools
    15-SP1 :
    
    zypper in -t patch
    SUSE-SLE-Module-Development-Tools-OBS-15-SP1-2020-1337=1"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
      script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
      script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N");
      script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openconnect-debuginfo");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openconnect-debugsource");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:openconnect-doc");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2020/04/23");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2020/05/19");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2020/05/22");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
      script_family(english:"SuSE Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/cpu", "Host/SuSE/release", "Host/SuSE/rpm-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("rpm.inc");
    
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    release = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/release");
    if (isnull(release) || release !~ "^(SLED|SLES)") audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE");
    os_ver = pregmatch(pattern: "^(SLE(S|D)\d+)", string:release);
    if (isnull(os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_APP_VER, "SUSE");
    os_ver = os_ver[1];
    if (! preg(pattern:"^(SLED15|SLES15)$", string:os_ver)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SUSE SLED15 / SLES15", "SUSE " + os_ver);
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/rpm-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    cpu = get_kb_item("Host/cpu");
    if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
    if (cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && "x86_64" >!< cpu && "s390x" >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, "SUSE " + os_ver, cpu);
    
    sp = get_kb_item("Host/SuSE/patchlevel");
    if (isnull(sp)) sp = "0";
    if (os_ver == "SLES15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(1)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLES15 SP1", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
    if (os_ver == "SLED15" && (! preg(pattern:"^(1)$", string:sp))) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "SLED15 SP1", os_ver + " SP" + sp);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"openconnect-debuginfo-7.08-6.6.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"openconnect-debugsource-7.08-6.6.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLES15", sp:"1", reference:"openconnect-doc-7.08-6.6.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"openconnect-debuginfo-7.08-6.6.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"openconnect-debugsource-7.08-6.6.1")) flag++;
    if (rpm_check(release:"SLED15", sp:"1", reference:"openconnect-doc-7.08-6.6.1")) flag++;
    
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:rpm_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = pkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "openconnect");
    }
    
  • NASL familySuSE Local Security Checks
    NASL idOPENSUSE-2020-694.NASL
    descriptionThis update for openconnect fixes the following issues : Security issue fixed : - CVE-2020-12105: Fixed the improper handling of negative return values from X509_check_ function calls that might have allowed MITM attacks (bsc#1170452). This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-15:Update update project.
    last seen2020-05-31
    modified2020-05-26
    plugin id136883
    published2020-05-26
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/136883
    titleopenSUSE Security Update : openconnect (openSUSE-2020-694)