CVE-2020-16117

CVE Details

Release Date:

2020-07-29

Description

In 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.

See more information about CVE-2020-16117 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v3.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	5.9	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	None	User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 8 (evolution)	ELSA-2021-1752	2021-05-25
Oracle Linux version 8 (evolution-data-server)	ELSA-2021-1752	2021-05-25
Oracle Linux version 8 (evolution-ews)	ELSA-2021-1752	2021-05-25

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