CVE-2016-10727

Publication date 20 July 2018

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

camel/providers/imapx/camel-imapx-server.c in the IMAPx component in GNOME evolution-data-server before 3.21.2 proceeds with cleartext data containing a password if the client wishes to use STARTTLS but the server will not use STARTTLS, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network. The server code was intended to report an error and not proceed, but the code was written incorrectly.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
evolution-data-server 18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.18.5-1ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 3.10.4-0ubuntu1.6

Patch details

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Package Patch details
evolution-data-server

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3724-1
    • Evolution Data Server vulnerability
    • 26 July 2018

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