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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4457-1 (evolution - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing an update for the 'evolution' package(s) announced via the DSA-4457-1 advisory.
Insight
Insight
Hanno Boeck discovered that Evolution was vulnerable to OpenPGP signatures being spoofed for arbitrary messages using a specially crafted HTML email. This issue was mitigated by moving the security bar with encryption and signature information above the message headers.
Affected Software
Affected Software
'evolution' package(s) on Debian Linux.
Detection Method
Detection Method
Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.
Solution
Solution
For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22.6-1+deb9u2. We recommend that you upgrade your evolution packages.