VDB-154958 · CVE-2020-12637 · GCVE-0-2020-12637

Zulip Desktop up to 5.1.x SSL Certificate Validator certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Zulip Desktop up to 5.1.x. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component SSL Certificate Validator. Such manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2020-12637. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Zulip Desktop up to 5.1.x and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component SSL Certificate Validator. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Zulip Desktop before 5.2.0 has Missing SSL Certificate Validation because all validation was inadvertently disabled during an attempt to recognize the ignoreCerts option.

The weakness was presented 05/09/2020 (Website). The advisory is available at blog.zulip.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2020-12637 since 05/04/2020. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1587.003 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 5.2.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Vendor

Zulip

Name

Desktop

Version

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 3.7
VulDB Temp Score: 3.6
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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ATT&CK: 🔍

Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: Desktop 5.2.0

Timelineinfo

05/04/2020 🔍
05/09/2020 +5 days 🔍
05/10/2020 +1 days 🔍
10/16/2020 +159 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: blog.zulip.org
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2020-12637 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-12637
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-154958

Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2020 09:14
Updated: 10/16/2020 11:59
Changes: 05/10/2020 09:14 (40), 05/10/2020 09:19 (17), 10/16/2020 11:59 (1)
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