USN-4872-1

It was discovered that Axel did not properly verify the certificates for hostnames. An attacker could use this vulnerability to impersonate another server and obtain sensitive information.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / axel

Package

Name: axel
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/axel@2.16.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.16.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.13.1-1

2.15-1

2.16-1

2.16.1-1

2.16.1-1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.16.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1",
            "binary_name": "axel"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4872-1.json"

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "medium",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2020-13614"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"
}

Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / axel