6.8 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.435 Medium
EPSS
Percentile
97.4%
Ulf Harnhammar 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.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-1512. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#
include('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(31359);
script_version("1.18");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2021/01/04");
script_cve_id("CVE-2008-0072");
script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"1512");
script_name(english:"Debian DSA-1512-1 : evolution - format string attack");
script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package");
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"synopsis",
value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"description",
value:
"Ulf Harnhammar 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."
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"see_also",
value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1512"
);
script_set_attribute(
attribute:"solution",
value:
"Upgrade the evolution package.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.6.3-6etch2.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.0.4-2sarge3. Some architectures have not yet completed
building the updated package for sarge, they will be added as they
come available."
);
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_cwe_id(134);
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:evolution");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2008/03/05");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2008/03/07");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2008-2021 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("debian_package.inc");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
flag = 0;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"evolution", reference:"2.0.4-2sarge3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"3.1", prefix:"evolution-dev", reference:"2.0.4-2sarge3")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"evolution", reference:"2.6.3-6etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"evolution-common", reference:"2.6.3-6etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"evolution-dbg", reference:"2.6.3-6etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"evolution-dev", reference:"2.6.3-6etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"evolution-plugins", reference:"2.6.3-6etch2")) flag++;
if (deb_check(release:"4.0", prefix:"evolution-plugins-experimental", reference:"2.6.3-6etch2")) flag++;
if (flag)
{
if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get());
else security_warning(0);
exit(0);
}
else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
debian | debian_linux | evolution | p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:evolution |
debian | debian_linux | 3.1 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:3.1 |
debian | debian_linux | 4.0 | cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:4.0 |