| Name | CVE-2020-16117 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-2309-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| evolution-data-server (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.12.9~git20141128.5242b0-2+deb8u4 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.22.7-1+deb9u2 | fixed | |
| buster | 3.30.5-1+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 3.30.5-1+deb10u1 | vulnerable | |
| bullseye | 3.38.3-1+deb11u2 | fixed | |
| bookworm | 3.46.4-2 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 3.54.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| evolution-data-server | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | ||
| evolution-data-server | source | stretch | 3.22.7-1+deb9u2 | DLA-2309-1 | ||
| evolution-data-server | source | buster | 3.30.5-1+deb10u2 | |||
| evolution-data-server | source | (unstable) | 3.36.0-1 |
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/2cc39592b532cf0dc994fd3694b8e6bf924c9ab5
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/627c3cdbfd077e59aa288c85ff8272950577f1d7
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/issues/189