CVE-2020-24661

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-24661
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-08-26 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:20:00 UTC
DescriptionGNOME Geary before 3.36.3 mishandles pinned TLS certificate verification for IMAP and SMTP services using invalid TLS certificates (e.g., self-signed certificates) when the client system is not configured to use a system-provided PKCS#11 store. This allows a meddler in the middle to present a different invalid certificate to intercept incoming and outgoing mail.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-295

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 31 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 32 All All All
Application Gnome Geary All All All All
Application Gnome Geary All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
(CVE-2020-24661) Invalid certificates not checked against locally pinned certificates when GCR support not available (#866) · Issues · GNOME / Geary · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: geary-3.36.3.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: geary-3.36.3.1-1.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: geary-3.34.2-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: geary-3.34.2-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 500967 Alpine Linux Security Update for geary
  • 501562 Alpine Linux Security Update for geary
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