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CVE-2020-1971

Public on 2020-12-08
Modified on 2020-12-08
Description

A null pointer dereference flaw was found in openssl. A remote attacker, able to control the arguments of the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function, could cause the application, compiled with openssl to crash resulting in a denial of service. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 openssl 2020-12-08 19:28 ALAS-2020-1456
Amazon Linux 2 - Core openssl 2020-12-08 21:31 ALAS2-2020-1573
Amazon Linux 2 - Core openssl11 2020-12-08 21:31 ALAS2-2020-1573
Amazon Linux 2 - Core edk2 2024-03-13 20:26 ALAS2-2024-2502

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv3 5.9 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P