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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-11879

🗓️ 04 Mar 2025 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Linux host has unpatched vulnerability CVE-2020-11879 affecting GNOME Evolution email attachments.

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  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.

  - An issue was discovered in GNOME Evolution before 3.35.91. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068)
    mailto?attach=... parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make Evolution attach local
    files or directories to a composed email message without showing a warning to the user, as demonstrated by
    an attach=. value. (CVE-2020-11879)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"agent", value:"unix");
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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/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

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  "Ubuntu Linux-16.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "16.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "evolution"}
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      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-18.04": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "18.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "evolution"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Ubuntu Linux-20.04": {
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        "release": "20.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "evolution"}
        ]
      }
    ]
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        "release": "22.04",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "evolution"}
        ]
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        "release": "7",
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          {"reference": "evolution"},
          {"reference": "evolution-bogofilter"},
          {"reference": "evolution-devel"},
          {"reference": "evolution-devel-docs"},
          {"reference": "evolution-help"},
          {"reference": "evolution-langpacks"},
          {"reference": "evolution-pst"},
          {"reference": "evolution-spamassassin"},
          {"reference": "evolution-tests"}
        ]
      }
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  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
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        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "evolution"},
          {"reference": "evolution-bogofilter"},
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          {"reference": "evolution-langpacks"},
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};

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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