# CVE-2019-3890: It was discovered evolution-ews before 3.31.3 does not check the validity of SSL certificates.

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-08-01 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- The Gnome Project evolution-ews: 3.31.3

## Description

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 noticing the difference.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on The Gnome Project evolution-ews, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3890
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-ews/issues/27
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3699

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