PT-2002-2487 · Evolution · Evolution

Published 2002-12-31 · Updated 2017-07-11 · CVE-2002-1765

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Evolution versions 1.0.3 through 1.0.4

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in memory consumption and crash, via an email with a malformed MIME header.

Recommendations For Evolution versions 1.0.3 and 1.0.4, consider restricting the handling of emails with malformed MIME headers until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2002-1765

Affected Products

Evolution

References · 9

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/4715 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1765 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2002-1765 · Vendor Advisory
• http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/4117 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1765 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2002-1765 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-announce-list/2002-May/msg00020.html · Patch
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2002-080.html · Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9059 · Note