Vigil@nce - GNOME Balsa: NULL pointer dereference via imap_mbox_connect
October 2020 by Vigil@nce
This bulletin was written by Vigil@nce : https://vigilance.fr/?langue=2
SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
Impacted products: openSUSE Leap, SLES.
Severity: 2/4.
Consequences: denial of service on client.
Provenance: intranet server.
Confidence: confirmed by the editor (5/5).
Creation date: 17/08/2020.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
An attacker can force a NULL pointer to be dereferenced via
imap_mbox_connect() of GNOME Balsa, in order to trigger a denial
of service.
ACCESS TO THE FULL VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/GNOME-Balsa-NULL-pointer-dereference-via-imap-mbox-connect-33083