Ximian Evolution < 2.0.4 Content-Parsing DoS

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2713

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a Denial of Service (DoS) attack.

Description

The remote host is running a version of the Ximian Evolution email client that does not properly validate malformed Unicode messages. By processing a malformed message, the client will crash.

Solution

Upgrade to version 2.0.4 or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2713

Family: SMTP Clients

Published: 3/17/2005

Updated: 3/6/2019

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Reference Information

BID: 12826

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