National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1108

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-5018

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00179.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-5016

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00178.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2008-4990

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00157.html

External Source: XF

Name: evolution-icalendar-bo(42824)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/42824

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1732

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1732/references

External Source: UBUNTU

Name: USN-615-1

Hyperlink:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-615-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020169

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020169

External Source: BID

Name: 29527

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29527

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0517

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0517.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0516

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0516.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0515

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0515.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0514

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0514.html

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2008:111

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:111

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200806-06

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-06.xml

External Source: MISC

Name: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-22/advisory/

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-22/advisory/

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30716

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30716

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30702

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30702

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30571

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30571

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30564

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30564

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30536

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30536

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30527

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30527

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30298

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30298

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10471

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10471

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:028

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00003.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10471

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10471