CVE-2020-15690
Published: 30 January 2021
In Nim before 1.2.6, the standard library asyncftpclient lacks a check for whether a message contains a newline character.
Notes
Author | Note |
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sbeattie | possibly just causes an assertion, so maybe only DoS |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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nim Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
focal |
Needs triage
|
|
groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Needs triage
|
|
impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
mantic |
Needs triage
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15690
- https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/asyncftpclient.nim#L145
- https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/commit/e71395f5718326d45b6739c931ab6c0d80d79171
- https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/compare/v1.2.4...v1.2.6
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian