CVE-2020-14928

Publication date 8 July 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.9 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

evolution-data-server (eds) through 3.36.3 has a STARTTLS buffering issue that affects SMTP and POP3. When a server sends a "begin TLS" response, eds reads additional data and evaluates it in a TLS context, aka "response injection."

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
evolution-data-server 20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 3.36.3-0ubuntu1.1
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 3.18.5-1ubuntu1.3
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
evolution-data-server

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.9 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-4429-1
    • Evolution Data Server vulnerability
    • 22 July 2020

Other references