NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting evolution package, versions [,3.35.91)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EVOLUTION-2370023
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed29 Jul 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 29 Jul 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade evolution to version 3.35.91 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference. 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.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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