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RHEL 5 : evolution (RHSA-2008:0514)
high Nessus Plugin ID 33086
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated evolution packages that fix two buffer overflow vulnerabilities are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Evolution is the integrated collection of e-mail, calendaring, contact management, communications and personal information management (PIM) tools for the GNOME desktop environment.
A flaw was found in the way Evolution parsed iCalendar timezone attachment data. If the Itip Formatter plug-in was disabled and a user opened a mail with a carefully crafted iCalendar attachment, arbitrary code could be executed as the user running Evolution. (CVE-2008-1108)
Note: the Itip Formatter plug-in, which allows calendar information (attachments with a MIME type of 'text/calendar') to be displayed as part of the e-mail message, is enabled by default.
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Evolution parsed iCalendar attachments with an overly long 'DESCRIPTION' property string. If a user responded to a carefully crafted iCalendar attachment in a particular way, arbitrary code could be executed as the user running Evolution. (CVE-2008-1109).
The particular response required to trigger this vulnerability was as follows :
1. Receive the carefully crafted iCalendar attachment. 2. Accept the associated meeting. 3. Open the calender the meeting was in. 4. Reply to the sender.
Red Hat would like to thank Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research for responsibly disclosing these issues.
All Evolution users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches which resolves these issues.
Solution
Update the affected evolution, evolution-devel and / or evolution-help packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2008-1108
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 33086
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0514.nasl
Version: 1.24
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 6/4/2008
Updated: 1/14/2021
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-help, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.2
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: 6/4/2008
Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1108, CVE-2008-1109
BID: 29527