Improper Certificate Validation Affecting evolution-ews package, versions <0:3.28.5-5.amzn2
Threat Intelligence
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- published27 Sept 2021
- disclosed1 Aug 2019
Introduced: 1 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-3890 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 evolution-ews to version 0:3.28.5-5.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1475.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream evolution-ews package and not the evolution-ews package as distributed by Amazon-Linux.
See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.
It was discovered evolution-ews before 3.31.3 does not check the validity of SSL certificates. An attacker could abuse this flaw to get confidential information by tricking the user into connecting to a fake server without the user noticing the difference.