Is CVE-2020-14002 actively exploited?

CVE-2020-14002 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2024-11-21.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2020-14002?

CVE-2020-14002 has a CVSS score of 5.9 (MEDIUM severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

How do I patch CVE-2020-14002?

Patch guidance is available from putty security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2020-14002.

CVE-2020-14002 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2020-14002?

4 products: putty putty, netapp oncommand unified manager core package, fedoraproject fedora, fedoraproject fedora.

Description

PuTTY 0.68 through 0.73 has an Observable Discrepancy leading to an information leak in the algorithm negotiation. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to target initial connection attempts (where no host key for the server has been cached by the client).

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: high
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: none
Availability: none
Weaknesses: CWE-203

Metadata

Primary Vendor: PUTTY
Published: 6/29/2020
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

putty : puttynetapp : oncommand_unified_manager_core_packagefedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD