CVE catalog
CVE-2020-7042
openfortivpn: CVE-2020-7042
- Severity
- Medium · CVSS 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.58% · Oct 25, 2026
An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because the hostname check operates on uninitialized memory. The outcome is that a valid certificate is never accepted (only a malformed certificate may be accepted).
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | openfortivpn | sid | 1.24.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | openfortivpn | forky | 1.24.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | openfortivpn | trixie | 1.23.1-1 | fixed |
| Debian | openfortivpn | bookworm | 1.19.0-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | openfortivpn | 18.04 | 1.6.0-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | openfortivpn | 18.04 | 1.6.0-1build1 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | openfortivpn | source | sid | 1.12.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | openfortivpn | source | forky | 1.12.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | openfortivpn | source | trixie | 1.12.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | openfortivpn | source | bookworm | 1.12.0-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [openfortivpn]Fixed
Details (2)
1.19.0-2· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.12.0-1dsa · openfortivpn · debian · bookworm; dsa · openfortivpn · debian · 12
1.19.0-2· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.12.0-1dsa · openfortivpn · debian · bookworm; dsa · openfortivpn · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [openfortivpn]Fixed
Details (2)
1.23.1-1· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.12.0-1dsa · openfortivpn · debian · 13
1.23.1-1· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.12.0-1dsa · openfortivpn · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2020_0301-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-7042]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-7042]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-7042]
[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]