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CVE-2020-8284 Details

Description

A malicious server can use the FTP PASV response to trick curl 7.73.0 and earlier into connecting back to a given IP address and port, and this way potentially make curl extract information about services that are otherwise private and not disclosed, for example doing port scanning and service banner extractions.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf CVEPatchThird Party Advisory
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2020-8284.html CVEVendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/1040166 CVEPermissions Required
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/12/msg00029.html CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DAEHE2S2QLO4AO4MEEYL75NB7SAH5PSL/ CVEMailing ListThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
NVD-CWE-noinfoInsufficient Information to Classify Weakness[email protected]
CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-8284
NVD Published Date:
Dec 14, 2020
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2020-8284 Details - Not Deferred