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Debian DSA-1016-1 : evolution - format string vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 22558

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Ulf Harnhammar discovered several format string vulnerabilities in Evolution, a free groupware suite, that could lead to crashes of the application or the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the evolution package.

For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.5-1woody3.

For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.4-2sarge1.

See Also

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=322535

http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22558

File Name: debian_DSA-1016.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/14/2006

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:evolution, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/23/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2005

Reference Information

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

BID: 14532

DSA: 1016