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CVE-2016-20011

Date: May 25, 2021

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (6)

https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/issues/4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-20011
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20011
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/merge_requests/7.patch
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772647
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-20011

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Certificate Validation

CWE-295

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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