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CVE-2020-5812 (GCVE-0-2020-5812)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-02-05 23:44 – Updated: 2024-08-04 08:39
VLAI
Summary
Nessus AMI versions 8.12.0 and earlier were found to either not validate, or incorrectly validate, a certificate which could allow an attacker to spoof a trusted entity by using a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.
Severity
5.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • Improper Certificate Validation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Tenable Nessus AMI Affected: 8.12.0 and earlier
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