| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ximian Evolution < 2.3.8 Inline XML Content-parsing Overflow | 28 Jan 200600:00 | – | nessus | |
| RHEL 4 : evolution (Unpatched Vulnerability) | 3 Jun 202400:00 | – | nessus | |
| CVE-2006-0040 | 10 Mar 200601:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2006-0040 | 10 Mar 200601:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2006-0040 | 10 Mar 200601:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2006-0048 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2006-0040 | 10 Mar 200601:02 | – | nvd | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0040 | 10 Mar 200601:02 | – | osv | |
| Code injection | 10 Mar 200601:02 | – | prion | |
| Evolution Emailer DoS | 2 Mar 200600:00 | – | securityvulns |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(217025);
script_version("1.2");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/01/28");
script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0040");
script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2006-0040");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- GNOME Evolution 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory
consumption) via a text e-mail with a large number of URLs, possibly due to unknown problems in gtkhtml.
(CVE-2006-0040)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2006-0040");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2006-0040");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/03/01");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2025/03/03");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:evolution");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"Misc.");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2025-2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("set_linux_os_id.nasl", "ssh_get_info2.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/OS/identifier", "Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched");
script_require_ports("Host/OS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux-4");
exit(0);
}
if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
"Red Hat Enterprise Linux-4": {
"package_manager": "rpm-list",
"constraints": [
{
"release": "4",
"pkgs": [
{"reference": "evolution"}
]
}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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