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CVE-2020-16118

In 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.

Published

2020-07-29T18:15:15.000

Last Modified

2024-11-21T05:06:47.740

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-476

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnome	balsa	< 2.6.0	Yes
Application	opensuse	backports_sle	15.0	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	leap	15.1	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00045.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5 Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23 Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00035.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00045.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5 Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23 Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)