Vulnerability Report

CVE-2020-6750

Title: GNOME GLib GSocketClient proxy bypass

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2020-6750.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jan 09, 2020
Modified Date Jun 17, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.9 CVSS v3.1
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.17%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2020-6750: GSocketClient in GNOME GLib through 2.62.4 may occasionally connect directly to a target address instead of connecting via a proxy server when configured to do so, because the proxy_addr field is mishandled. This bug is timing-dependent and may occur only sporadically depending on network delays. The greatest security relevance is in use cases where a proxy is used to help with privacy/anonymity, even though there is no technical barrier to a direct connection. NOTE: versions before 2.60 are unaffected.

Impacted Vendors

G
gnome 1

Reference Links

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160668 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1989 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RIFEDSRJ4P3WFCMDUOFQ2LEILZLMDW7/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJMLGW55HOQXHMTIPH2PWXFRBNBWVO4W/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MEM7MMAXMWCDPUH4MTUZ763MBB64RRLJ/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200127-0001/ https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1160668 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib/issues/1989 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/5RIFEDSRJ4P3WFCMDUOFQ2LEILZLMDW7/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KJMLGW55HOQXHMTIPH2PWXFRBNBWVO4W/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MEM7MMAXMWCDPUH4MTUZ763MBB64RRLJ/ https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200127-0001/
CVSS v3.1
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.9
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.3
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2020-6750 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.