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RHEL 3 : evolution (RHSA-2009:0358)
high Nessus Plugin ID 35947
Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated evolution packages that fixes multiple security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.This update has been rated as having moderate 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.
It was discovered that evolution did not properly validate NTLM (NT LAN Manager) authentication challenge packets. A malicious server using NTLM authentication could cause evolution to disclose portions of its memory or crash during user authentication. (CVE-2009-0582)
An integer overflow flaw which could cause heap-based buffer overflow was found in the Base64 encoding routine used by evolution. This could cause evolution to crash, or, possibly, execute an arbitrary code when large untrusted data blocks were Base64-encoded. (CVE-2009-0587)
All users of evolution are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.
All running instances of evolution must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Solution
Update the affected evolution and / or evolution-devel packages.See Also
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2009-0582
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 35947
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2009-0358.nasl
Version: 1.26
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 3/17/2009
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: 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:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-devel
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: 3/16/2009
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2009-0582, CVE-2009-0587