Security Bulletin: OpenSSL vulnerability impacting Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint, Aspera Desktop Client 4.0, and earlier (CVE-2020-1971)

Summary

The Open SSL vulnerability CVE-2020-1971 impacts Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint, and Aspera Desktop Client 4.0.0 and earlier. The fix is delivered in Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server, Aspera High-Speed Transfer Endpoint, and Aspera Desktop Client 4.1.0.

Vulnerability Details

CVEID:CVE-2020-1971
**DESCRIPTION:**OpenSSL is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by a NULL pointer dereference. If the GENERAL_NAME_cmp function contain an EDIPARTYNAME, an attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause the application to crash.
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Temporal Score: See: https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/192748 for the current score.
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)

Affected Products and Versions

Remediation/Fixes

Workarounds and Mitigations

None