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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-16094: Uncontrolled Recursion

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2020-16094: Uncontrolled Recursion

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
07/28/2020
Created
10/22/2020
Added
10/22/2020
Modified
10/02/2024

Description

In imap_scan_tree_recursive in Claws Mail through 3.17.6, a malicious IMAP server can trigger stack consumption because of unlimited recursion into subdirectories during a rebuild of the folder tree.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-claws-mail

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