NULL Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package balsa (opens in a new tab)
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Start learning- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU2010-BALSA-1029636
- published10 Sept 2020
- disclosed29 Jul 2020
Introduced: 29 Jul 2020
CVE-2020-16118 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:20.10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream balsa package and not the balsa package as distributed by Ubuntu.
In GNOME Balsa before 2.6.0, a malicious server operator or man in the middle can trigger a NULL pointer dereference and client crash by sending a PREAUTH response to imap_mbox_connect in libbalsa/imap/imap-handle.c.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2020-16118
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00045.html