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Amazon Linux 2 : evolution-data-server, --advisory ALAS2-2026-3179 (ALAS-2026-3179)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 301265

Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2 host is missing a security update.

Description

The version of evolution-data-server installed on the remote host is prior to 3.28.5-4. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2-2026-3179 advisory.

 The Evolution backend server exposes the D-Bus service org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.AddressBook, that can be used in order to manage contacts. A Flatpak application with access to this D-Bus service can exploit this issue in order to gain arbitrary file deletion on the host filesystem. (CVE-2026-2604)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the tested product 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

Run 'yum update evolution-data-server' or or 'yum update --advisory ALAS2-2026-3179' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com//AL2/ALAS2-2026-3179.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

https://explore.alas.aws.amazon.com/CVE-2026-2604.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 301265

File Name: al2_ALAS-2026-3179.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2026

Updated: 3/6/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.2

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-2604

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:evolution-data-server-tests, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:evolution-data-server-doc, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:evolution-data-server-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:evolution-data-server-perl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:evolution-data-server-langpacks, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:evolution-data-server-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:evolution-data-server

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/6/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/5/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-2604