CVE-2020-1596

Publication date

2020-09-11 17:09:27

Family

microsoft

State

PUBLISHED

Description

A information disclosure vulnerability exists when TLS components use weak hash algorithms. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise a userss encrypted transmission channel.

To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to conduct a man-in-the-middle attack.

The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how TLS components use hash algorithms.