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
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http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00035.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00045.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23 | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
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Information
Published : 2020-07-29 18:15
Updated : 2024-02-04 21:00
NVD link : CVE-2020-16118
Mitre link : CVE-2020-16118
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-16118
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Products Affected
opensuse
- leap
- backports_sle
gnome
- balsa
CWE
CWE-476
NULL Pointer Dereference