DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20011

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-20011
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20011.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-20011
Upstream
Published
2021-05-25T21:15:07Z
Modified
2025-09-25T23:09:51.014284Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libgrss

Package

Name
libgrss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgrss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.0-2
0.7.0-2.1~exp1
0.7.0-2.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libgrss

Package

Name
libgrss
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libgrss?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*

0.7.0-2
0.7.0-2.1~exp1
0.7.0-2.1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}