CVE-2020-16118

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-16118
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-07-29 18:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-03 16:24:00 UTC
DescriptionIn GNOME Balsa before 2.6.0, a malicious server operator or man in the middle can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and client crash by sending a PREAUTH response to imap_mbox_connect in libbalsa/imap/imap-handle.c.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-476

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Balsa All All All All
Application Gnome Balsa All All All All
Application Opensuse Backports Sle 15.0 sp1 All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 15.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
crash due to null pointer access when imap server sends early preauth (#23) · Issues · GNOME / balsa · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Exploit, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1207-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:1230-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
imap-handle: Do not crash on PREAUTH greeting (4e245d75) · Commits · GNOME / balsa · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
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