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.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
7.5 HIGH
NETWORK
LOW
NONE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
mitreCNA
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CVEADP
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 62%
VendorProductVersion
gnomebalsa
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< 2.6.0
opensusebackports_sle
15.0:sp1
opensuseleap
15.1
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= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
balsa
bullseye
2.6.1-1
fixed
buster
no-dsa
stretch
no-dsa
sid
2.6.4-2
fixed
bookworm
2.6.4-2
fixed
Ubuntu logo
Ubuntu Releases
Ubuntu Product
Codename
balsa
noble
not-affected
mantic
not-affected
lunar
not-affected
kinetic
not-affected
jammy
not-affected
impish
not-affected
hirsute
not-affected
groovy
not-affected
focal
not-affected
bionic
needs-triage
xenial
needs-triage
trusty
dne
Common Weakness Enumeration
References
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00035.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00045.html
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00035.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00045.html
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23