Debian Security Advisory
DLA-2254-1 alpine -- LTS security update
- Date Reported:
- 25 Jun 2020
- Affected Packages:
- alpine
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 963179.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-14929. - More information:
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Alpine before 2.23 silently proceeds to use an insecure connection after a /tls is sent in certain circumstances involving PREAUTH, which is a less secure behavior than the alternative of closing the connection and letting the user decide what they would like to do.
For Debian 8
Jessie
, this problem has been fixed in version 2.11+dfsg1-3+deb8u1.We recommend that you upgrade your alpine packages.
Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS