openSUSE Security Update : geary (openSUSE-SU-2014:1225-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77844

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

geary was updated to version 0.6.3 (bnc#896679 VUL-0: CVE-2014-5444) :

Security issue fixed :

+ Warn user of not matching TLS certificate issues when connecting (bgo#713247, CVE-2014-5444).

+ Fix wrong timestamp in composed email Date: header (bgo#714376).

+ Patch major memory leak due to GMime bindings.

+ Stabilize search sorting to prevent dropped search results.

+ Prevent Inbox from being cleared on startup w/ Dovecot, Zimbra, and more.

Solution

Update the affected geary packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=896679

https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00035.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77844

File Name: openSUSE-2014-552.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/25/2014

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:geary, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:geary-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:geary-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:geary-lang, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5444

BID: 70318