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DEBIAN-CVE-2020-16117

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 evolution-data-server

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.36.0-1"}]}]

Debian:13 evolution-data-server

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.36.0-1"}]}]

Debian:14 evolution-data-server

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"3.36.0-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org