Vulnerability · Published Jan 15, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-35733
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the erlang package (Alpine). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in Erlang/OTP before 23.2.2. The ssl application 10.2 accepts and trusts an invalid X.509 certificate chain to a trusted root Certification Authority.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine:v3.20 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-35733 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | erlang | 23.2.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-35733 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | erlang26 | 23.2.5-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2020-35733 |
| Debian:12 | erlang | 1:23.2.2+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35733 |
| Debian:13 | erlang | 1:23.2.2+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35733 |
| Debian:14 | erlang | 1:23.2.2+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-35733 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.erlang.org/news x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.erlang.org/downloads x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/releases x_refsource_MISC
- https://erlang.org/pipermail/erlang-questions/2021-January/100357.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- FEDORA-2021-06cbd73fba vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA