Vulnerability · Published Aug 22, 2021 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2021-39361
Medium 5.9
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in the evolution-rss package (Ubuntu). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.9Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 53.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
In GNOME evolution-rss through 0.3.96, network-soup.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionSync objects it creates, leaving users vulnerable to network MITM attacks. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2016-20011.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | evolution-rss | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2021-39361 |