USN-3724-1

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    USN-3724-1

    Published: 26 Jul 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: evolution-data-server vulnerability

    Details: Jon Kristensen discovered that Evolution Data Server would automatically downgrade a connection to an IMAP server if the IMAP server did not support SSL. This would result in the user's password being unexpectedly sent in clear text, even though the user had requested to use SSL.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3724-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10727

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: evolution-data-server

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.10.4-0ubuntu1.6

    Affected versions

    3.8.5-1ubuntu3
    3.8.5-1ubuntu4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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