CVE-2016-20011 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772647 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/issues/4 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/merge_requests/7.patch

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5