| Name | CVE-2016-20011 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 989149 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| libgrss (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 0.7.0-2 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| libgrss | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 989149 |
Notes
[bookworm] - libgrss <ignored> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - libgrss <ignored> (Minor issue)
[buster] - libgrss <ignored> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - libgrss <ignored> (Minor issue)
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=772647
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libgrss/-/issues/4