RHEL 5 : evolution (RHSA-2007:0158)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25327

Synopsis

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

Description

Updated evolution packages that fix a format string bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Evolution is the GNOME collection of personal information management (PIM) tools.

A format string bug was found in the way Evolution parsed the category field in a memo. If a user tried to save and then view a carefully crafted memo, arbitrary code may be executed as the user running Evolution. (CVE-2007-1002)

This flaw did not affect the versions of Evolution shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

All users of Evolution should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch which resolves this issue.

Red Hat would like to thank Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research for reporting this issue.

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25327

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2007-0158.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 5/25/2007

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-devel

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/3/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1002

RHSA: 2007:0158

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