News 24Application · Ntv

CVE-2019-6032

HIGH · 7.4 CVSS v3.1 Published 2019-12-26
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 3.0.0 or later.
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83/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
The NTV News24 prior to Ver.3.0.0 does not verify X.509 certificates from SSL servers, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers and obtain sensitive information via a crafted certificate.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

NTV News24 versions prior to 3.0.0 fail to validate X.509 certificates when establishing SSL/TLS connections, allowing attackers to perform man-in-the-middle attacks by presenting fraudulent certificates and intercepting sensitive data.

MitigationUpgrade to NTV News24 Ver.3.0.0 or later, which implements proper X.509 certificate chain validation.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
News 24Application
Affected:< 3.0.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify NTV News24 installation and version
    Locate the installed NTV News24 application and determine its version number through the application's 'About' dialog, installation directory, or system registry entry for the software.
    Affected if The installed version is any release prior to 3.0.0 (e.g., 2.x.x, 1.x.x)
  2. Confirm SSL/TLS connectivity is enabled
    Inspect the application's configuration settings or network behavior to determine whether it establishes SSL/TLS connections to external services or data feeds.
    Affected if The application is configured to use HTTPS or SSL/TLS connections for any of its network communications
  3. Verify certificate validation behavior
    Perform a test MITM scenario using a self-signed or invalid certificate on a proxy and observe whether the application accepts the connection without rejecting the invalid certificate chain.
    Affected if The application accepts SSL/TLS connections with invalid, expired, or self-signed certificates without user warning or connection rejection
  4. Compare against vulnerable version range
    Document the exact version number found in step 1 and compare it to the affected range: any version less than 3.0.0.
    Affected if The version number is below 3.0.0 (such as 2.9.5, 2.8.0, 1.5.2, etc.)

The environment is affected if NTV News24 version is below 3.0.0 AND the application uses SSL/TLS connections for network communication.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to 3.0.0 or later
Fixed in 3.0.0
Interim mitigation

Upgrade to NTV News24 Ver.3.0.0 or later, which implements proper X.509 certificate chain validation.

Fix this in News 24 Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation2.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
14.0 hours of engineering $2,440
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.

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