Improper Certificate Validation Affecting geary package, versions <3.37.91-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.15% (53rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE321-GEARY-8485823
  • published6 Dec 2024
  • disclosed26 Aug 2020

Introduced: 26 Aug 2020

CVE-2020-24661  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.21 geary to version 3.37.91-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream geary package and not the geary package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.21 relevant fixed versions and status.

GNOME Geary before 3.36.3 mishandles pinned TLS certificate verification for IMAP and SMTP services using invalid TLS certificates (e.g., self-signed certificates) when the client system is not configured to use a system-provided PKCS#11 store. This allows a meddler in the middle to present a different invalid certificate to intercept incoming and outgoing mail.

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