VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-10727

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 2.89%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

camel/providers/imapx/camel-imapx-server.c in the IMAPx component in GNOME evolution-data-server before 3.21.2 proceeds with cleartext data containing a password if the client wishes to use STARTTLS but the server will not use STARTTLS, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network. The server code was intended to report an error and not proceed, but the code was written incorrectly.

CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 2.89% probability · 86th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-200
Affected: canonical/ubuntu linux · gnome/evolution
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334842Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/evolution-data-server/releases/tag/EVOLUTION_DATA_SERVER_3_21_2Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/blob/master/NEWS#L1022Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/commit/f26a6f67Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3724-1/Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334842Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/GNOME/evolution-data-server/releases/tag/EVOLUTION_DATA_SERVER_3_21_2Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/blob/master/NEWS#L1022Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/commit/f26a6f67Patch, Vendor Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3724-1/Third Party Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.