7.5high
CVE-2016-20011
libgrss through 0.7.0 fails to perform TLS certificate verification when downloading feeds, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the con…
Published 5 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
7.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.4%
percentile 73%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
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.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.44% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation
References
- bugzilla.gnome.org /show_bug.cgi?id=772647 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- gitlab.gnome.org /GNOME/libgrss/-/issues/4 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- gitlab.gnome.org /GNOME/libgrss/-/merge_requests/7.patch · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-20011
- NVD: CVE-2016-20011
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