CVE-2020-14928
MEDIUM
5.9
CVSS Score
Published: July 17, 2020 at 03:30 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:55 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux
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Severity
MEDIUM5.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
evolution-data-server (eds) through 3.36.3 has a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects SMTP and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, eds reads additional data and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173910
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME//evolution-data-server/commit/ba82be72cfd427b5d72ff21f929b3a6d8529c4df
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/f404f33fb01b23903c2bbb16791c7907e457fbac
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMBEZWA22EAYAZQWUX4KPEBER726KSIG/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4429-1/
References (10)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173910x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME//evolution-data-server/commit/ba82be72cfd427b5d72ff21f929b3a6d8529c4dfx_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/commit/f404f33fb01b23903c2bbb16791c7907e457fbacx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/-/issues/226x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/07/msg00012.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QMBEZWA22EAYAZQWUX4KPEBER726KSIG/x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-2281-1x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4725-1CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-74
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