GNOME Evolution 2.8.1 --status-fd

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in GNOME Evolution 2.8.1. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument --status-fd results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2007-1266. Moreover, an exploit is present. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in GNOME Evolution 2.8.1. The manipulation of the argument --status-fd with an unknown input leads to a unknown weakness. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Evolution 2.8.1 and earlier does not properly use the --status-fd argument when invoking GnuPG, which prevents Evolution from visually distinguishing between signed and unsigned portions of OpenPGP messages with multiple components, which allows remote attackers to forge the contents of a message without detection.

The weakness was disclosed 03/06/2007 by Core Security with CORE Security Technologies (Website). The advisory is available at coresecurity.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-1266 since 03/04/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in Python. The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24809 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDKSA-2007:059)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 2 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (29691), Tenable (24809), SecurityFocus (BID 22760†), Secunia (SA24412†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017727†). The entries VDB-35445, VDB-35444, VDB-35443 and VDB-35441 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Nessus ID: 24809
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : gnupg (MDKSA-2007:059)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: gnome.org

Advisory: coresecurity.com
Researcher: Core Security
Organization: CORE Security Technologies
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1266 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1266
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35442
SecurityFocus: 22760 - Gnome Evolution GnuPG Arbitrary Content Injection Vulnerability
Secunia: 24412 - Evolution "--status-fd" Incorrect GnuPG Usage, Moderately Critical
SecurityTracker: 1017727
Vupen: ADV-2007-0835

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 01/12/2025 13:50
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (66), 08/26/2018 09:31 (9), 01/12/2025 13:50 (17)
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