Bug 1174711 – VUL-1: CVE-2020-16118: balsa: a malicious server or MITM can trigger a NULL pointer dereference

Bug 1174711 - (CVE-2020-16118) VUL-1: CVE-2020-16118: balsa: a malicious server or MITM can trigger a NULL pointer dereference

(CVE-2020-16118)
Summary:	VUL-1: CVE-2020-16118: balsa: a malicious server or MITM can trigger a NULL p...

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Classification:	openSUSE
Product:	openSUSE Distribution
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Security
Version:	Leap 15.1
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P4 - Low Severity: Normal (vote)
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Assigned To:	Security Team bot
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/264508/
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Blocks:	NOSTARTTLS
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Reported:	2020-07-30 07:55 UTC by Wolfgang Frisch
Modified:	2021-08-09 11:42 UTC (History)
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Description Wolfgang Frisch 2020-07-30 07:55:24 UTC

CVE-2020-16118

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:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-16118
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-16118
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/commit/4e245d758e1c826a01080d40c22ca8706f0339e5
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/balsa/-/issues/23

Comment 1 Wolfgang Frisch 2020-07-30 07:56:09 UTC

Affects openSUSE:Leap:15.1 only.

Comment 2 OBSbugzilla Bot 2020-08-10 12:20:06 UTC

This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1174711) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/825371 15.1 / balsa

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-08-14 19:23:02 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2020:1207-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1174711
CVE References: CVE-2020-16118
JIRA References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE Leap 15.1 (src):    balsa-2.5.5-lp151.3.3.1

Comment 4 Swamp Workflow Management 2020-08-18 10:15:24 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2020:1230-1: An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.

Category: security (moderate)
Bug References: 1174711
CVE References: CVE-2020-16118
JIRA References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP1 (src):    balsa-2.5.5-bp151.4.3.1

Comment 5 Bjørn Lie 2020-08-25 19:35:31 UTC

Updates released, closing as resolved fixed.