Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : evolution (ELSA-2007-0353)

low Nessus Plugin ID 67498

Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0353 :

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.

See Also

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-May/000137.html

https://oss.oracle.com/pipermail/el-errata/2007-May/000140.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 67498

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2007-0353.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/12/2013

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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:oracle:linux:evolution, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:evolution-devel, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:3, cpe:/o:oracle:linux:4

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

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