CVE-2020-16117

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-16117
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-29 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-11 17:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIn GNOME evolution-data-server before 3.35.91, a malicious server can crash the mail client with a NULL pointer dereference by sending an invalid (e.g., minimal) CAPABILITY line on a connection attempt. This is related to imapx_free_capability and imapx_connect_to_server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Gnome Evolution-data-server All All All All
Application Gnome Evolution-data-server All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Crash on malformed server response with minimal capabilities (#189) · Issues · GNOME / evolution-data-server · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Exploit, Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 2309-1] evolution-data-server security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
I#189 - Crash on malformed server response with minimal capabilities (2cc39592) · Commits · GNOME / evolution-data-server · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
NEWS update for 3.35.91 (627c3cdb) · Commits · GNOME / evolution-data-server · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159211 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for evolution (ELSA-2021-1752)
  • 174823 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for evolution-data-server (SUSE-SU-2021:0891-1)
  • 239310 Red Hat Update for evolution (RHSA-2021:1752)
  • 296071 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 27.82.1 Missing (CPUOCT2020)
  • 377392 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for evolution (ALINUX3-SA-2022:0095)
  • 750291 OpenSUSE Security Update for evolution-data-server (openSUSE-SU-2021:0482-1)
  • 940156 AlmaLinux Security Update for evolution (ALSA-2021:1752)
  • 960846 Rocky Linux Security Update for evolution (RLSA-2021:1752)
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