CVE-2006-2789
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2006-2789 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLIC |
| Assigner | [email protected] |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2006-06-02 22:02:00 UTC |
| Updated | 2010-04-02 07:56:00 UTC |
| Description | Evolution 2.2.x and 2.3.x in GNOME 2.7 and 2.8, when "load images if sender in addressbook" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via a crafted "From" header that triggers an assert error in camel-internet-address.c when a null pointer is used. |
Risk And Classification
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.7 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.2 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.3 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.4 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.5 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.6 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.6.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Gnome | Evolution | 2.3.7 | All | All | All |
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bug 311440 – Crashes on particular e-mail | CONFIRM | bugzilla.gnome.org | |
| Advisories - Mandriva Linux | MANDRIVA | www.mandriva.com | |
| GNOME Evolution Email Attachment Denial Of Service Vulnerability | BID | www.securityfocus.com | |
| Bug 309453 – Crash during start-up if no From address in an email | CONFIRM | bugzilla.gnome.org | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
Vendor Comments And Credit
| Organization | Published | Contributor | Statement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat | 2006-08-30 | Mark J Cox | Not vulnerable. This issue does not affect the versions of Evolution as distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.