RHEL 4 : Evolution (RHSA-2005:267)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 19542

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for Evolution.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2005:267 advisory.

- security flaw (CVE-2005-2549, CVE-2005-2550)

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

Solution

Update the RHEL Evolution package based on the guidance in RHSA-2005:267.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?793bb9b5

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=165235

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=165236

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2005:267

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 19542

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2005-267.nasl

Version: 1.26

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/30/2005

Updated: 4/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-2550

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2005-2549

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-devel, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/29/2005

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2005

Reference Information

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

BID: 14532

RHSA: 2005:267