CVE-2016-20011

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    CVE-2016-20011

    Published: 25 May 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: libgrss through 0.7.0 fails to perform TLS certificate verification when downloading feeds, allowing remote attackers to manipulate the contents of feeds without detection. This occurs because of the default behavior of SoupSessionSync.

    References: https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772647, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/issues/4, https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/merge_requests/7.patch

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

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    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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