CentOS 3 / 4 : evolution (CESA-2007:0353)

low Nessus Plugin ID 25255

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated evolution packages that fix a security bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Evolution is the GNOME collection of personal information management (PIM) tools.

A flaw was found in the way Evolution processed certain APOP authentication requests. A remote attacker could potentially acquire certain portions of a user's authentication credentials by sending certain responses when evolution-data-server attempted to authenticate against an APOP server. (CVE-2007-1558)

All users of Evolution should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch which resolves this issue.

Solution

Update the affected evolution packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 25255

File Name: centos_RHSA-2007-0353.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2007

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evolution, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:evolution-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, cpe:/o:centos:centos:4

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/16/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1558

BID: 23257

RHSA: 2007:0353

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