# CVE-2020-7042: An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-02-27 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in openfortivpn 1.11.0 when used with OpenSSL 1.0.2 or later. tunnel.c mishandles certificate validation because the hostname check operates on uninitialized memory. The outcome is that a valid certificate is never accepted (only a malformed certificate may be accepted).

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## References

- https://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/issues/536
- https://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/commit/cd9368c6a1b4ef91d77bb3fdbe2e5bc34aa6f4c4
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00009.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00011.html
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SRVVNXCNTNMPCIAZIVR4FAGYCSU53FNA/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FF6HYIBREQGATRM5COF57MRQWKOKCWZ3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CKNKSGBVYGRRVRLFEFBEKUEJYJR5LWOF/
- https://github.com/adrienverge/openfortivpn/commit/9eee997d599a89492281fc7ffdd79d88cd61afc3

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