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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-14928

medium Nessus Plugin ID 223245

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - evolution-data-server (eds) through 3.36.3 has a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects SMTP and POP3. When a server sends a begin TLS response, eds reads additional data and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka response injection. (CVE-2020-14928)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2020-14928

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 223245

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2020_14928.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/4/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14928

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evolution-data-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evolution-data-server-doc, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evolution-data-server-tests, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-tests, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evolution-data-server, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evolution-data-server-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evolution-data-server-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-perl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14928