GNOME Evolution 2.2.1 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in GNOME Evolution 2.2.1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Evolution 2.22.1, when the ITip Formatter plugin is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long timezone string in an iCalendar attachment.

The bug was discovered 06/04/2008. The weakness was presented 06/04/2008 by Alin Rad Pop with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-1108 since 02/29/2008. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67705 (Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : evolution (ELSA-2008-0516)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Oracle Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165689 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Evolution (SUSE-SA:2008:028)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (42824) and Tenable (67705). See VDB-42649 for similar entry.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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OpenVAS ID: 880197
OpenVAS Name: Centreon command_name Parameter Remote Command Execution Vulnerability
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Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Alin Rad Pop
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-1108 (🔍)
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X-Force: 42824
SecurityTracker: 1020169
Vulnerability Center: 18564 - Novell Evolution iCalendar Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution via Long Timezone String, Medium
SecurityFocus: 29527 - Gnome Evolution iCalendar Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 30298
OSVDB: 46005 - CVE-2008-1108 - Evolution - Buffer Overflow Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-1732

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Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/11/2019 11:41
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (73), 08/11/2019 11:41 (12)
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