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GLSA-200508-12 : Evolution: Format string vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 19485

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200508-12 (Evolution: Format string vulnerabilities)

 Ulf Harnhammar discovered that Evolution is vulnerable to format string bugs when viewing attached vCards and when displaying contact information from remote LDAP servers or task list data from remote servers (CAN-2005-2549). He also discovered that Evolution fails to handle special calendar entries if the user switches to the Calendars tab (CAN-2005-2550).
 Impact :

 An attacker could attach specially crafted vCards to emails or setup malicious LDAP servers or calendar entries which would trigger the format string vulnerabilities when viewed or accessed from Evolution. This could potentially result in the execution of arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Evolution.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Evolution users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=mail-client/evolution-2.2.3-r3'

See Also

http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200508-12

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 19485

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200508-12.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 8/23/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:evolution, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-2549, CVE-2005-2550

GLSA: 200508-12