CVE-2021-39361

low-risk
Published 2021-08-22

In GNOME evolution-rss through 0.3.96, network-soup.c does not enable TLS certificate verification on the SoupSessionSync objects it creates, leaving users vulnerable to network MITM attacks. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2016-20011.

Do I need to act?

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0.11% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.9/10 Medium
NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Evolution-Rss

Affected Vendors

Gnome

References (4)

Vendor Advisory https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2021/05/25/reminder-soupsessionsync-and-soups...
Issue Tracking https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-rss/-/issues/11
Vendor Advisory https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2021/05/25/reminder-soupsessionsync-and-soups...
Issue Tracking https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-rss/-/issues/11
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal