CVE-2021-20247
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-02-23 18:45
Modified
2024-08-03 17:37
Severity ?
Summary
A flaw was found in mbsync before v1.3.5 and v1.4.1. Validations of the mailbox names returned by IMAP LIST/LSUB do not occur allowing a malicious or compromised server to use specially crafted mailbox names containing '..' path components to access data outside the designated mailbox on the opposite end of the synchronization channel. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928963Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAXQLCK35QGRCRENRTGKJO4VVZGUXUJJ/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GVDEBZQJMWDW5JFK4NTHH6DAFNAZTESW/
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-15Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/22/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1928963Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/07/msg00001.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CAXQLCK35QGRCRENRTGKJO4VVZGUXUJJ/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GVDEBZQJMWDW5JFK4NTHH6DAFNAZTESW/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-15Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/22/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
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