CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2021-39361

In GNOME evolution-rss through 0.3.96, network-soup.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionSync objects it creates, leaving users vulnerable to network MITM attacks. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2016-20011.

4.3 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

5.9 /10

CVSS v3.0 : MEDIUM

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.2 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity HIGH

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-rss/-/issues/11 Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2021/05/25/reminder-soupsessionsync-and-soupsessionasync-default-to-no-tls-certificate-verification/ Vendor Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution-rss:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2021-08-22 07:15

Updated : 2021-08-30 06:55

NVD link : CVE-2021-39361

Mitre link : CVE-2021-39361

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-295

Improper Certificate Validation