NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting evolution-devel package, versions <0:3.28.5-16.el8


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-EVOLUTIONDEVEL-4054416
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jul 2020

Introduced: 30 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-16117  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 evolution-devel to version 0:3.28.5-16.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2021:1752.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream evolution-devel package and not the evolution-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

In GNOME evolution-data-server before 3.35.91, a malicious server can crash the mail client with a NULL pointer dereference by sending an invalid (e.g., minimal) CAPABILITY line on a connection attempt. This is related to imapx_free_capability and imapx_connect_to_server.

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