What is CVE-2019-3890?

CVE-2019-3890 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnome Evolution-ews, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2019-3890?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gnome Evolution-ews

CVE-2019-3890

It was discovered evolution-ews before 3.31.3 does not check the validity of SSL certificates. An attacker could abuse this flaw to get confidential information by tricking the user into connecting to a fake server without the user noticin…

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.010 (58.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Gnome Evolution-ews
The Gnome Project Evolution-ews — versions 3.31.3
Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-3890?: CVE-2019-3890 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gnome Evolution-ews, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2019-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2019-3890?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.