Improper Certificate Validation Affecting evolution-devel-docs package, versions <0:3.28.5-8.el7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-EVOLUTIONDEVELDOCS-2156421
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Feb 2019

Introduced: 15 Feb 2019

CVE-2019-3890  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-296  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:7 evolution-devel-docs to version 0:3.28.5-8.el7 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream evolution-devel-docs package and not the evolution-devel-docs package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 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.