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RHEL 4 : evolution (RHSA-2008:0517)
high Nessus Plugin ID 63856
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.Description
Updated evolution packages that address a buffer overflow vulnerability are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5 Extended Update Support.This update has been rated as having critical 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 mail which included a carefully crafted iCalendar attachment was opened, arbitrary code could be executed as the user running Evolution. (CVE-2008-1108)
Red Hat would like to thank Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research for responsibly disclosing this issue.
All users of Evolution should upgrade to these updated packages, which contains a backported patch which resolves this issue.
Solution
Update the affected evolution and / or evolution-devel packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 63856
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2008-0517.nasl
Version: 1.9
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/24/2013
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: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.5, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-devel
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Patch Publication Date: 6/4/2008
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2008-1108