Debian DSA-1325-1 : evolution - several vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25675

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Several remote vulnerabilities have been discovered in Evolution, a groupware suite with mail client and organizer. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems :

- CVE-2007-1002 Ulf Harnhammar discovered that a format string vulnerability in the handling of shared calendars may allow the execution of arbitrary code.

- CVE-2007-3257 It was discovered that the IMAP code in the Evolution Data Server performs insufficient sanitising of a value later used an array index, which can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Solution

Upgrade the evolution packages.

For the oldstable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.4-2sarge2. Packages for hppa, mips and powerpc are not yet available. They will be provided later.

For the stable distribution (etch) these problems have been fixed in version 2.6.3-6etch1. Packages for mips are not yet available. They will be provided later.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1002

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3257

https://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1325

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25675

File Name: debian_DSA-1325.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/10/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:evolution, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1002, CVE-2007-3257

DSA: 1325