CVE-2019-16791 (GCVE-0-2019-16791)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2020-01-22 01:40 – Updated: 2024-08-05 01:24
VLAI
Title
downgrade of effective Strict Transport Security (STS) policy in postfix-mta-sts-resolver
Summary
In postfix-mta-sts-resolver before 0.5.1, All users can receive incorrect response from daemon under rare conditions, rendering downgrade of effective STS policy.
Severity
6.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-757 - Selection of Less-Secure Algorithm During Negotiation ('Algorithm Downgrade')
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7637 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Snawoot postfix-mta-sts-resolver Affected: < 0.5.1
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