VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-20011
libgrss through 0.7.0 fails to perform TLS certificate verification when downloading feeds, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the contents of feeds without detection.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.47%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
libgrss through 0.7.0 fails to perform TLS certificate verification when downloading feeds, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the contents of feeds without detection. This occurs because of the default behavior of SoupSessionSync.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.47% probability · 72th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- gnome/libgrss
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772647Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/issues/4Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/merge_requests/7.patchMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772647Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/issues/4Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/merge_requests/7.patchMailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.