Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-10727

Title: Gnome Evolution Information Disclosure

Information Disclosure

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-10727.

CWE Category CWE-200
Published Date Jul 20, 2018
Modified Date Nov 21, 2024
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 9.8 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.89%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-10727: 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.

Impacted Vendors

X
ximian 1
G
gnome 1
E
evolution 1

Reference Links

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334842 https://github.com/GNOME/evolution-data-server/releases/tag/EVOLUTION_DATA_SERVER_3_21_2 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/blob/master/NEWS#L1022 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/commit/f26a6f67 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3724-1/ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1334842 https://github.com/GNOME/evolution-data-server/releases/tag/EVOLUTION_DATA_SERVER_3_21_2 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/blob/master/NEWS#L1022 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/commit/f26a6f67 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3724-1/
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity CRITICAL
9.8
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-10727 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.