Vulnerability · Published Jul 29, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-16118
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the balsa package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.1% (higher than 81% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.1%top 18.7% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | balsa | 2.6.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16118 |
| Debian:13 | balsa | 2.6.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16118 |
| Debian:14 | balsa | 2.6.0-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16118 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23 x_refsource_MISC
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5 x_refsource_MISC
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1207 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE
- openSUSE-SU-2020:1230 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE