6.8 - VU#512491

Executive Summary

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Summary
Title	GNOME Evolution format string vulnerability

Informations
Name	VU#512491	First vendor Publication	2008-03-07
Vendor	VU-CERT	Last vendor Modification	2008-03-07
Severity (Vendor)	N/A	Revision	M

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score	NA
Base Score	NA	Environmental Score	NA
impact SubScore	NA	Temporal Score	NA
Exploitabality Sub Score	NA

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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score	6.8	Attack Range	Network
Cvss Impact Score	6.4	Attack Complexity	Medium
Cvss Expoit Score	8.6	Authentication	None Required
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Detail

Vulnerability Note VU#512491

GNOME Evolution format string vulnerability

Overview

The GNOME Evolution mail client contains a format string vulnerability that may allow an attacker to execute code.

I. Description

Evolution is the default mail client for the GNOME desktop environment. Evolution supports both GPG and S/MIME mail encryption.

From Secunia Advisory SA29057:

A format string error in the "emf_multipart_encrypted()" function in mail/em-format.c when displaying data (e.g. the "Version:" field) from an encrypted e-mail message can be exploited to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted e-mail message.

Successful exploitation requires that the user selects a malicious e-mail message.

II. Impact

A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause Evolution to crash.

III. Solution

Upgrade

The Evolution team has released a patch to address this issue. See GNOME Bug 520745 for more information. Users and administrators who do not compile Evolution from source should obtain fixed software from their operating system vendor.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Updated
Debian GNU/Linux	Vulnerable	7-Mar-2008
Gentoo Linux	Vulnerable	7-Mar-2008
GNOME	Vulnerable	7-Mar-2008
Red Hat, Inc.	Vulnerable	7-Mar-2008
Ubuntu	Vulnerable	7-Mar-2008

References

http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=520745
http://secunia.com/advisories/29057/
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-8/advisory/
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=106681&action=view
https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/x/WwE

Credit

This vulnerability was made public by Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research.

This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.

Other Information

Date Public	03/05/2008
Date First Published	03/07/2008 09:19:54 AM
Date Last Updated	03/07/2008
CERT Advisory
CVE Name	CVE-2008-0072
US-CERT Technical Alerts
Metric	1.80
Document Revision	19

Original Source

Url : http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512491

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

%	Id	Name
100 %	CWE-134	Uncontrolled Format String (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10701

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10701
Title:	Format string vulnerability in the emf_multipart_encrypted function in mail/em-format.c in Evolution 2.12.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encrypted message, as demonstrated using the Version field.
Description:	Format string vulnerability in the emf_multipart_encrypted function in mail/em-format.c in Evolution 2.12.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encrypted message, as demonstrated using the Version field.
Family:	unix	Class:	vulnerability
Reference(s):	CVE-2008-0072	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 CentOS Linux 4 Oracle Linux 4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 CentOS Linux 5 Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
OS Section: RHEL4, CentOS4, Oracle Linux 4 RHEL4, CentOS4 or Oracle Linux 4 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 AND CentOS Linux 4.x AND Oracle Linux 4.x AND Configuration section evolution is earlier than 0:2.0.2-35.0.4.el4_6.1 AND evolution28 is earlier than 0:2.8.0-53.el4_6.2 AND evolution28-devel is earlier than 0:2.8.0-53.el4_6.2 AND evolution-devel is earlier than 0:2.0.2-35.0.4.el4_6.1 OR OS Section: RHEL5, CentOS5, Oracle Linux 5 RHEL5, CentOS5 or Oracle Linux 5 The operating system installed on the system is Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 AND CentOS Linux 5.x AND Oracle Linux 5.x AND Configuration section evolution is earlier than 0:2.8.0-40.el5_1.1 AND evolution-devel is earlier than 0:2.8.0-40.el5_1.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17638

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:17638
Title:	USN-583-1 -- evolution vulnerability
Description:	Ulf Harnhammar discovered that Evolution did not correctly handle format strings when processing encrypted emails.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	USN-583-1 CVE-2008-0072	Version:	7
Platform(s):	Ubuntu 6.06 Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10	Product(s):	evolution
Definition Synopsis:
Release section Ubuntu 6.06 is installed AND evolution DPKG is earlier than 2.6.1-0ubuntu7.2 AND Release section Ubuntu 6.10 is installed AND evolution DPKG is earlier than 2.8.1-0ubuntu4.2 AND Release section Ubuntu 7.04 is installed AND evolution DPKG is earlier than 2.10.1-0ubuntu2.1 AND Release section Ubuntu 7.10 is installed AND evolution DPKG is earlier than 2.12.1-0ubuntu1.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20381

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20381
Title:	DSA-1512-1 evolution - remote code execution
Description:	Ulf Härnhammar discovered that Evolution, the e-mail and groupware suite, had a format string vulnerability in the parsing of encrypted mail messages. If the user opened a specially crafted email message, code execution was possible.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	DSA-1512-1 CVE-2008-0072	Version:	5
Platform(s):	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0	Product(s):	evolution
Definition Synopsis:
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed. AND evolution DPKG is earlier than 0:2.6.3-6etch2

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22716

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22716
Title:	ELSA-2008:0177: evolution security update (Critical)
Description:	Format string vulnerability in the emf_multipart_encrypted function in mail/em-format.c in Evolution 2.12.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encrypted message, as demonstrated using the Version field.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	ELSA-2008:0177-01 CVE-2008-0072	Version:	6
Platform(s):	Oracle Linux 5	Product(s):	evolution evolution28
Definition Synopsis:
Oracle Linux 5.x rpm test evolution is earlier than 0:2.8.0-40.el5_1.1 AND evolution-devel is earlier than 0:2.8.0-40.el5_1.1

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7919

Oval ID:	oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7919
Title:	DSA-1512 evolution -- format string attack
Description:	Ulf Haumlrnhammar discovered that Evolution, the e-mail and groupware suite, had a format string vulnerability in the parsing of encrypted mail messages. If the user opened a specially crafted email message, code execution was possible.
Family:	unix	Class:	patch
Reference(s):	DSA-1512 CVE-2008-0072	Version:	3
Platform(s):	Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 Debian GNU/Linux 3.1	Product(s):	evolution
Definition Synopsis:
Release section Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 is installed. AND Architecture section Architecture independent section Installed architecture is all AND evolution-common is earlier than 2.6.3-6etch2 OR Architecture dependent section Supported architectures section Installed architecture is s390 AND Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is sparc AND Installed architecture is arm AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is ia64 AND Installed architecture is mips AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is mipsel AND Installed architecture is hppa AND Packages section evolution-dev is earlier than 2.6.3-6etch2 AND evolution is earlier than 2.6.3-6etch2 AND evolution-dbg is earlier than 2.6.3-6etch2 AND evolution-plugins is earlier than 2.6.3-6etch2 AND evolution-plugins-experimental is earlier than 2.6.3-6etch2 OR Release section Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 is installed AND Supported architectures section Installed architecture is s390 AND Installed architecture is amd64 AND Installed architecture is powerpc AND Installed architecture is i386 AND Installed architecture is ia64 AND Installed architecture is hppa AND Packages section evolution is earlier than 2.0.4-2sarge3 AND evolution-dev is earlier than 2.0.4-2sarge3

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

Type	Description	Count
Application	Gnome Evolution cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.8.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.4.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.6.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.3.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.12.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.10.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:1.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnome:evolution:-:::::::*	37

OpenVAS Exploits

Date	Description
2009-04-09	Name : Mandriva Update for evolution MDVSA-2008:063 (evolution) File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2008_063.nasl
2009-03-23	Name : Ubuntu Update for evolution vulnerability USN-583-1 File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_583_1.nasl
2009-03-06	Name : RedHat Update for evolution RHSA-2008:0177-01 File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2008_0177-01_evolution.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for evolution CESA-2008:0177 centos4 i386 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0177_evolution_centos4_i386.nasl
2009-02-27	Name : CentOS Update for evolution CESA-2008:0177 centos4 x86_64 File : nvt/gb_CESA-2008_0177_evolution_centos4_x86_64.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for evolution FEDORA-2008-5016 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_5016_evolution_fc8.nasl
2009-02-17	Name : Fedora Update for evolution FEDORA-2008-5018 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_5018_evolution_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16	Name : Fedora Update for evolution FEDORA-2008-2290 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2290_evolution_fc7.nasl
2009-02-16	Name : Fedora Update for evolution FEDORA-2008-2292 File : nvt/gb_fedora_2008_2292_evolution_fc8.nasl
2009-01-23	Name : SuSE Update for evolution SUSE-SA:2008:014 File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_014.nasl
2008-09-24	Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200803-12 (evolution) File : nvt/glsa_200803_12.nasl
2008-03-11	Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1512-1 (evolution) File : nvt/deb_1512_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id	Description
42804	Evolution mail/em-format.c emf_multipart_encrypted Function Crafted Encrypted...

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date	Description
2013-07-12	Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2008-0177.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-24	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0178.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01	Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : sl_20080305_evolution_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-04-23	Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates. File : mandriva_MDVSA-2008-063.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-13	Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates. File : centos_RHSA-2008-0177.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-13	Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch. File : suse_evolution-5086.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-13	Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update. File : suse_evolution-5087.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-07	Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-1512.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-07	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-2290.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-07	Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2008-2292.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-07	Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : gentoo_GLSA-200803-12.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-07	Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates. File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0177.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-07	Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches. File : ubuntu_USN-583-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Global Informations

Type	Count
CWE ID(s)	1
Oval ID(s)	5
CPE ID(s)	37
osvdb(s)	1
Openvas Exploit(s)	12
Nessus® Exploit(s)	13

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