CVE-2020-16094

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-16094
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-28 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:18:00 UTC
DescriptionIn imap_scan_tree_recursive in Claws Mail through 3.17.6, a malicious IMAP server can trigger stack consumption because of unlimited recursion into subdirectories during a rebuild of the folder tree.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-674

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Claws-mail Claws-mail All All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 33 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: claws-mail-3.17.7-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: claws-mail-3.17.7-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: claws-mail-3.17.7-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
4313 – Recursion stack overflow (two variations) with rebuilding folder tree MISC www.thewildbeast.co.uk Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: claws-mail-3.17.7-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 33 Update: claws-mail-3.17.7-1.fc33 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: claws-mail-3.17.7-1.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500851 Alpine Linux Security Update for claws-mail
  • 504623 Alpine Linux Security Update for claws-mail

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