CVE-2020-29509

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 Medium 5.6
Description
The encoding/xml package in Go (all versions) does not correctly preserve the semantics of attribute namespace prefixes during tokenization round-trips, which allows an attacker to craft inputs that behave in conflicting ways during different stages of processing in affected downstream applications.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2020-29509
  • Assigner
  • responsibledisclosure@mattermost.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2020-12-14T20:15:13
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-01-30T01:24:29
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
NVD-CWE-Other http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:golang:go:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:netapp:trident:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • LOW
  • Availability Impact
  • LOW
  • Base Score
  • 5.6
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 2.2
  • Impact Score
  • 3.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://github.com/mattermost/xml-roundtrip-validator/blob/master/advisories/unstable-attributes.md Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210129-0006/ Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29509
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-29509
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 07:25:22 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-05 18:11:33 2020-12-14T20:15Z 2020-12-14T20:15:13 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-05 18:11:33 2021-01-30T01:24:29 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-05 18:11:33 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated