CVE-2020-13163

CVSS V2 Medium 5.8 CVSS V3 High 7.4

Description

em-imap 0.5 uses the library eventmachine in an insecure way that allows an attacker to perform a man-in-the-middle attack against users of the library. The hostname in a TLS server certificate is not verified.

Overview

CVE ID
CVE-2020-13163

Assigner
cve@mitre.org

Vulnerability Status
Analyzed

Published Version
2020-05-19T22:15:12

Last Modified Date
2021-03-04T21:20:19

Weakness Enumerations

CWE	URL
CWE-295	http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/295.html

CPE Configuration (Product)

CPE	Vulnerable	Operator	Version Start	Version End
cpe:2.3:a:em-imap_project:em-imap:0.5:::::::*	1	OR

CVSS Version 2

Version
2.0

Vector String
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Access Vector
NETWORK

Access Compatibility
MEDIUM

Authentication
NONE

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL

Integrity Impact
PARTIAL

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
5.8

Severity
MEDIUM

Exploitability Score
8.6

Impact Score
4.9

CVSS Version 3

Version
3.1

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK

Attack Compatibility
HIGH

Privileges Required
NONE

User Interaction
NONE

Scope
UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact
HIGH

Availability Impact
NONE

Base Score
7.4

Base Severity
HIGH

Exploitability Score
2.2

Impact Score
5.2

References

Reference URL	Reference Tags
https://github.com/ConradIrwin/em-imap/issues/25	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2020-095-conradirwin-em-imap	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Sources

Source Name	Source URL
NIST	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13163
MITRE	https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-13163

History

Created	Old Value	New Value	Data Type	Notes
2022-05-10 07:20:56				Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-04 16:42:26	2020-05-19T22:15Z	2020-05-19T22:15:12	CVE Published Date	updated
2022-12-04 16:42:26		2021-03-04T21:20:19	CVE Modified Date	updated
2022-12-04 16:42:26		Analyzed	Vulnerability Status	updated