Ximian Evolution Mail User Agent Vulnerability

vendor:

Evolution

by:

X X. X

7.5

CVSS

HIGH

Buffer Overflow

119

CWE

Product Name: Evolution

Affected Version From: 1.2.2002

Affected Version To: 1.2.2002

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:ximian:evolution

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: N/A

2003

Ximian Evolution Mail User Agent Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Ximian Evolution Mail User Agent (MUA). The problem occurs when the mailer attempts to process a maliciously encoded e-mail message. When attempting to decode the message, the MUA will repeatedly attempt to allocate memory, resulting in system resource exhaustion and will eventually crash.

Mitigation:

Upgrade to the latest version of Ximian Evolution

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7118/info

A vulnerability has been discovered in the Ximian Evolution Mail User Agent (MUA). The problem occurs when the mailer attempts to process a maliciously encoded e-mail message. When attempting to decode the message, the MUA will repeatedly attempt to allocate memory, resulting in system resource exhaustion and will eventually crash.

This vulnerability affects Ximian Evolution version 1.2.2 and earlier.

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