NVD - CVE-2020-9488

CVE-2020-9488 Detail

Description

Improper validation of certificate with host mismatch in Apache Log4j SMTP appender. This could allow an SMTPS connection to be intercepted by a man-in-the-middle attack which could leak any log messages sent through that appender. Fixed in Apache Log4j 2.12.3 and 2.13.1

Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 3.7 LOW

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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Hyperlink	Resource
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LOG4J2-2819	Issue Tracking Mitigation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0a2699f724156a558afd1abb6c044fb9132caa66dce861b82699722a@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0df3d7a5acb98c57e64ab9266aa21eeee1d9b399addb96f9cf1cbe05@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r1fc73f0e16ec2fa249d3ad39a5194afb9cc5afb4c023dc0bab5a5881@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r22a56beb76dd8cf18e24fda9072f1e05990f49d6439662d3782a392f@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2721aba31a8562639c4b937150897e24f78f747cdbda8641c0f659fe@%3Cusers.kafka.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2f209d271349bafd91537a558a279c08ebcff8fa3e547357d58833e6@%3Cdev.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r33864a0fc171c1c4bf680645ebb6d4f8057899ab294a43e1e4fe9d04@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r393943de452406f0f6f4b3def9f8d3c071f96323c1f6ed1a098f7fe4@%3Ctorque-dev.db.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3d1d00441c55144a4013adda74b051ae7864128ebcfb6ee9721a2eb3@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Issue Tracking Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4285398e5585a0456d3d9db021a4fce6e6fcf3ec027dfa13a450ec98@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r45916179811a32cbaa500f972de9098e6ee80ee81c7f134fce83e03a@%3Cissues.flink.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48bcd06049c1779ef709564544c3d8a32ae6ee5c3b7281a606ac4463@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r48efc7cb5aeb4e1f67aaa06fb4b5479a5635d12f07d0b93fc2d08809@%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4d5dc9f3520071338d9ebc26f9f158a43ae28a91923d176b550a807b@%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4db540cafc5d7232c62e076051ef661d37d345015b2e59b3f81a932f@%3Cdev.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4ed1f49616a8603832d378cb9d13e7a8b9b27972bb46d946ccd8491f@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5a68258e5ab12532dc179edae3d6e87037fa3b50ab9d63a90c432507@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r65578f3761a89bc164e8964acd5d913b9f8fd997967b195a89a97ca3@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7641ee788e1eb1be4bb206a7d15f8a64ec6ef23e5ec6132d5a567695@%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7e5c10534ed06bf805473ac85e8412fe3908a8fa4cabf5027bf11220@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7e739f2961753af95e2a3a637828fb88bfca68e5d6b0221d483a9ee5@%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8c001b9a95c0bbec06f4457721edd94935a55932e64b82cc5582b846@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8e96c340004b7898cad3204ea51280ef6e4b553a684e1452bf1b18b1@%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9776e71e3c67c5d13a91c1eba0dc025b48b802eb7561cc6956d6961c@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9a79175c393d14d760a0ae3731b4a873230a16ef321aa9ca48a810cd@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra051e07a0eea4943fa104247e69596f094951f51512d42c924e86c75@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra632b329b2ae2324fabbad5da204c4ec2e171ff60348ec4ba698fd40@%3Cissues.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbc45eb0f53fd6242af3e666c2189464f848a851d408289840cecc6e3@%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rbc7642b9800249553f13457e46b813bea1aec99d2bc9106510e00ff3@%3Ctorque-dev.db.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc2dbc4633a6eea1fcbce6831876cfa17b73759a98c65326d1896cb1a@%3Ctorque-dev.db.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc6b81c013618d1de1b5d6b8c1088aaf87b4bacc10c2371f15a566701@%3Cnotifications.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd0e44e8ef71eeaaa3cf3d1b8b41eb25894372e2995ec908ce7624d26@%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd55f65c6822ff235eda435d31488cfbb9aa7055cdf47481ebee777cc@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd5d58088812cf8e677d99b07f73c654014c524c94e7fedbdee047604@%3Ctorque-dev.db.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd8e87c4d69df335d0ba7d815b63be8bd8a6352f429765c52eb07ddac@%3Cissues.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re024d86dffa72ad800f2848d0c77ed93f0b78ee808350b477a6ed987@%3Cgitbox.hive.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rec34b1cccf907898e7cb36051ffac3ccf1ea89d0b261a2a3b3fb267f@%3Ccommits.zookeeper.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1c2a81a08034c688b8f15cf58a4cfab322d00002ca46d20133bee20@%3Cdev.kafka.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772@%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E	Mailing List Vendor Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00017.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200504-0003/	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-5020	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2020.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html	Patch Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-295	Improper Certificate Validation	NIST

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-9488
NVD Published Date:
04/27/2020
NVD Last Modified:
05/12/2022
Source:
Apache Software Foundation

CVE-2020-9488 Detail

Description

Severity

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

Modified Analysis by NIST 5/12/2022 11:00:13 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 4/19/2022 8:15:41 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 4/08/2022 6:15:06 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 3/21/2022 10:15:07 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 3/02/2022 12:21:28 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 12/26/2021 7:15:08 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 12/12/2021 6:15:08 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 12/02/2021 5:09:14 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 10/20/2021 7:15:54 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 6/17/2021 4:15:10 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 6/14/2021 2:15:34 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 5/10/2021 7:15:07 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 3/15/2021 6:16:00 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 2/25/2021 12:15:27 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 2/18/2021 3:39:14 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 2/18/2021 7:15:12 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 2/16/2021 9:15:14 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 2/09/2021 3:15:14 PM

Modified Analysis by NIST 1/28/2021 5:26:44 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 1/28/2021 6:15:13 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 1/27/2021 1:15:14 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 1/26/2021 1:16:10 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 1/20/2021 10:15:44 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 1/18/2021 8:15:15 AM

Modified Analysis by NIST 12/23/2020 2:44:11 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 12/16/2020 1:15:24 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 12/08/2020 3:15:15 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 12/07/2020 11:15:11 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 10/20/2020 6:15:45 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 7/15/2020 1:15:11 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 7/14/2020 11:15:53 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 5/15/2020 6:15:12 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 5/14/2020 5:15:13 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 5/14/2020 4:15:14 PM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 5/04/2020 10:15:13 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 5/04/2020 7:15:11 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 5/04/2020 6:15:11 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 5/04/2020 5:15:11 AM

CVE Modified by Apache Software Foundation 5/04/2020 3:15:11 AM

Initial Analysis by NIST 4/30/2020 2:35:15 PM

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