| Name | CVE-2020-16118 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| balsa (PTS) | jessie | 2.4.12-1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 2.4.12-3 | vulnerable |
| buster | 2.5.6-2+deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 2.6.1-1 | fixed |
| sid, bookworm | 2.6.4-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| balsa | source | jessie | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| balsa | source | (unstable) | 2.6.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - balsa <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - balsa <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23