Evolution Mail Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability
🗓️ 19 May 2009 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2009-1631 | 14 May 200917:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2009-1631 | 14 May 200917:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2009-1631 | 14 May 200917:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2009-1626 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2009-1631 | 14 May 200917:30 | – | nvd | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2009-1631 | 14 May 200917:30 | – | osv | |
| Design/Logic Flaw | 14 May 200917:30 | – | prion | |
| SUSE CVE-2009-1631 | 15 Feb 202306:04 | – | susecve | |
| SuSE 11 Security Update : evolution-data-server (SAT Patch Number 1944) | 11 Mar 201000:00 | – | nessus | |
| CVE-2009-1631 | 14 May 200917:30 | – | ubuntucve |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi |
| bugs | www.bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi |
| bugzilla | www.bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/34921 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2009 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
CPE = "cpe:/a:gnome:evolution";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900709");
script_version("2025-09-05T15:40:40+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-09-05 15:40:40 +0000 (Fri, 05 Sep 2025)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-05-19 08:03:45 +0200 (Tue, 19 May 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"2.1");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-1631");
script_name("Evolution Mail Client Information Disclosure Vulnerability");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone AG");
script_family("General");
script_dependencies("gb_evolution_data_server_detect.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("Evolution/Ver");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581604");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34921");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498648");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526409");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will let the local attacker gain sensitive information
about the victim's mail folders and can view their contents.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Evolution Mail Client version 2.26.1 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to Mailer component in Evolution, uses world readable
permissions for the .evolution directory and some other certain directories under .evolution which causes
disclosure of sensitive information of the user's mail directories and their contents.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Evolution Mail Client version 2.30.1 or later.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Evolution for Linux is prone to an information disclosure vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version_unreliable");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
if(!ver = get_app_version(cpe:CPE))
exit(0);
if(version_is_less_equal(version:ver, test_version:"2.26.1")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:ver, fixed_version:"2.30.1");
security_message(port:0, data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(99);
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