UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16118

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-16118
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16118.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16118
Upstream
Published
2020-07-29T18:15:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:48:38Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / balsa

Package

Name
balsa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/balsa@2.4.12-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.12-1
2.4.12-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "balsa",
            "binary_version": "2.4.12-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16118.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / balsa

Package

Name
balsa
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/balsa@2.5.3-4?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*

2.5.3-2build3
2.5.3-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "balsa",
            "binary_version": "2.5.3-4"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2020/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-16118.json"