Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2006-0040

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 URL...

CVE-2006-0040

CVE-2006-0040 affects GNOME Evolution 2.4.2.1 and earlier. A remote attacker can trigger a denial of service by sending a text email containing a very large number of URLs, leading to increased CPU and memory usage. The root cause is noted as potentially related to gtkhtml, but the exact flaw is ...

Evolution Emailer DoS

About 7 weeks ago an automated mailing list spewed a large but valid email containing a lot of URLS and other formatting. When this email is fed into evolution the behaviour it causes leads evolution to expand dramatically in size and eat vast amounts of CPU time. If you've got a lot of patience...