CVE-2020-1758: Medium severity red hat keycloak vulnerability

Published Mar 11, 2020
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Updated

A flaw was found in Keycloak in versions before 10.0.0, where it does not perform the TLS hostname verification while sending emails using the SMTP server. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Other sources

A flaw was found in Keycloak, where it does not perform the TLS hostname verification while sending emails using the SMTP server. This flaw allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack.

Keycloak does not perform TLS hostname verification when sending emails via an SMTP server which could result in information disclosure.

External Reference:

https://issues.redhat.com/browse/KEYCLOAK-13285

Red Hat

Affected Software

6 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/rh-sso7-keycloak<0:4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6
0:4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6
redhat/rh-sso7-keycloak<0:4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7
0:4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7
redhat/rh-sso7-keycloak<0:4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8
0:4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8
redhat/keycloak<10.0.0
10.0.0
redhat keycloak<10.0.0
redhat Openstack=10

Remediation

Information

Turn off all kinds of email notifications including password reset mails.

Event History

May 12, 2020
CVE Published
12:00 AM
May 15, 2020
CVE Published
via MITRE·06:52 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·06:52 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness

Parent advisories

This vulnerability appears in the following advisories.

Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID?

The vulnerability ID is CVE-2020-1758.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2020-1758?

The severity of CVE-2020-1758 is medium with a CVSS score of 5.3.

3

What is affected by CVE-2020-1758?

Keycloak versions before 10.0.0 and rh-sso7-keycloak versions up to 4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el6, 4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el7, and 4.8.20-1.Final_redhat_00001.1.el8 are affected by CVE-2020-1758.

4

How does CVE-2020-1758 impact Keycloak?

CVE-2020-1758 allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack by exploiting the lack of TLS hostname verification in Keycloak when sending emails using the SMTP server.

5

Are there any references for CVE-2020-1758?

Yes, you can find more information about CVE-2020-1758 at the following references: - [Keycloak Issue](https://issues.redhat.com/browse/KEYCLOAK-13285) - [Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2020:2107](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2107) - [Red Hat Security Advisory RHSA-2020:2106](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:2106)

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