RHEL 8 : evolution (RHSA-2019:3699)

high Nessus Plugin ID 130566

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for evolution.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3699 advisory.

Evolution is a GNOME application that provides integrated email, calendar, contact management, and communications functionality.

Security Fix(es):

* evolution-ews: all certificate errors ignored if configured to ignore an initial error in gnome-online- accounts creation resulting in the connection open to being viewed and modified. (CVE-2019-3890)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL evolution package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3699.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 130566

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3699.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks

Published: 11/6/2019

Updated: 11/7/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3890

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-pst, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-ews-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-bogofilter, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-ews, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-perl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-spamassassin, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-help, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-doc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution-data-server-tests

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: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/1/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3890

CWE: 296

RHSA: 2019:3699

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