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Ximian Evolution < 2.3.7 Content-Parsing Multiple Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 3161

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running a version of the Ximian Evolution email client that does not properly parse user-supplied data. A remote attacker can craft an email message such that, upon opening, Evolution crashes or executes arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.3.7 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 3161

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 8/10/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:X

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:gnome:evolution

Reference Information

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

BID: 14532