CVE-2020-36658 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Apache::Session::LDAP before 0.5, validity of the X.509 certificate is not checked by default when connecting to remote LDAP backends, because the default configuration of the Net::LDAPS module for Perl is used. NOTE: this can, for example, be fixed in conjunction with the CVE-2020-16093 fix.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00125.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Lemonldap-ng	Apache\

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lemonldap-ng:apache\:\:session\:\:ldap:*:*:*:*:*:perl:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-3284-1	libapache-session-ldap-perl security update
EUVD	EUVD-2020-24104	In Apache::Session::LDAP before 0.5, validity of the X.509 certificate is not checked by default when connecting to remote LDAP backends, because the default configuration of the Net::LDAPS module for Perl is used. NOTE: this can, for example, be fixed in conjunction with the CVE-2020-16093 fix.
Ubuntu USN	USN-6596-1	Apache::Session::LDAP vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/LemonLDAPNG/Apache-Session-LDAP/commit/490722b71eed1ed1ab33d58c78578f23e043561f
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00024.html

History

Fri, 28 Mar 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2023-01-27T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-03-28T17:37:05.065Z

Reserved: 2023-01-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-36658

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T17:30:08.508Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-27T05:15:12.973

Modified: 2025-03-28T18:15:15.120

Link: CVE-2020-36658

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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