high7.5
CVE-2020-16118
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 resp…
Impact
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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Gnome | Balsa | before 2.6.0 |
| Opensuse | Backports Sle | Version 15.0 |
| Opensuse | Leap | Version 15.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00035.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00045.html
- 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
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23