SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : evolution (SUSE-SU-2023:3375-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 180044

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLED12 / SLED_SAP12 / SLES12 / SLES_SAP12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE-SU-2023:3375-1 advisory.

- An issue was discovered in GNOME Evolution before 3.35.91. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068) mailto?attach=... parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make Evolution attach local files or directories to a composed email message without showing a warning to the user, as demonstrated by an attach=. value. (CVE-2020-11879)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected evolution, evolution-devel and / or evolution-lang packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 180044

File Name: suse_SU-2023-3375-1.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 8/23/2023

Updated: 8/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11879

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:evolution-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:evolution, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:evolution-lang

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/17/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11879

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2023:3375-1

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