DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16118

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-16118
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16118.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16118
Upstream
Published
2020-07-29T18:15:15Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:26Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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 imapmboxconnect in libbalsa/imap/imap-handle.c.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / balsa

Package

Name
balsa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/balsa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / balsa

Package

Name
balsa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/balsa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / balsa

Package

Name
balsa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/balsa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / balsa

Package

Name
balsa
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/balsa?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.6.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}