TLS Misuse in Upgrade Check Allows for Man-in-the-Middle Attack in Shotcut (before 20.09.13)

TLS Misuse in Upgrade Check Allows for Man-in-the-Middle Attack in Shotcut (before 20.09.13)

CVE-2020-24619 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

In mainwindow.cpp in Shotcut before 20.09.13, the upgrade check misuses TLS because of setPeerVerifyMode(QSslSocket::VerifyNone). A man-in-the-middle attacker could offer a spoofed download resource.

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