CVE-2009-0547

Summary

CVECVE-2009-0547
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-02-12 23:30:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionEvolution 2.22.3.1 checks S/MIME signatures against a copy of the e-mail text within a signed-data blob, not the copy of the e-mail text displayed to the user, which allows remote attackers to spoof a signature by modifying the latter copy, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5077.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Evolution Evolution 2.22.3.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#508479 - evolution shows a SMIME signed messages as ok even if modified - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat update for evolution-data-server - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:078 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:006 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: evolution-data-server-2.24.5-4.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for evolution-data-server - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- evolution af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1813-1 evolution-data-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: evolution-data-server-2.22.3-3.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for evolution and evolution-data-server - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Evolution S/MIME Signed Message Integrity Vulnerability - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 484925 – CVE-2009-0547 evolution-data-server: S/MIME signatures are considered to be valid even for modified messages (MITM) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Bug 564465 – Wrong signature marked as valid on modified mail messages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:011 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Community af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
GNOME Evolution S/MIME Email Signature Verification Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Fedora update for evolution-data-server - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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