Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201904-1
========================================
Severity: High
Date    : 2019-04-02
CVE-ID  : CVE-2018-15587
Package : evolution
Type    : content spoofing
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-889

Summary
======
The package evolution before version 3.32.0-1 is vulnerable to content
spoofing.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 3.32.0-1.

# pacman -Syu "evolution>=3.32.0-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.32.0.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
GNOME Evolution through 3.28.2 is prone to OpenPGP signatures being
spoofed for arbitrary messages using a specially crafted email that
contains a valid signature from the entity to be impersonated as an
attachment.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker can spoof a valid signature for a specially crafted
e-mail.

References
=========
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796424
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/120
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-15587

ArchLinux: 201904-1: evolution: content spoofing

April 11, 2019

Summary

GNOME Evolution through 3.28.2 is prone to OpenPGP signatures being spoofed for arbitrary messages using a specially crafted email that contains a valid signature from the entity to be impersonated as an attachment.

Resolution

Upgrade to 3.32.0-1. # pacman -Syu "evolution>=3.32.0-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 3.32.0.

References

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796424 https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/issues/120 https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2018-15587

Severity
Package : evolution
Type : content spoofing
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-889

Workaround

None.

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