A vulnerability has been found in Ximian Evolution up to 1.0.8 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component Camel. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

The camel component for Ximian Evolution 1.0.x and earlier does not verify certificates when it establishes a new SSL connection after previously verifying a certificate, which could allow remote attackers to monitor or modify sessions via a man-in-the-middle attack.

The weakness was published 04/22/2003 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2002-1471. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (10292).

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• Evolution

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• 1.0.3
• 1.0.4
• 1.0.5
• 1.0.6
• 1.0.7
• 1.0.8

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