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Ubuntu 18.04 & 16.04: USN-3998-1 Critical Evolution Email Display Issue

Evolution Data Server would sometimes display email content as encrypted when it was not.. =========================================================================Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3998-1 May 30, 2019 evolution-data-server vulnerability ========================================================================= A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Summary: Evolution Data Server would sometimes display email content as encrypted when it was not. Software Description: - evolution-data-server: Evolution suite data server Details: Marcus Brinkmann discovered that Evolution Data Server did not correctly interpret the output from GPG when decrypting encrypted messages. Under certain circumstances, this could result in displaying clear-text portions of encrypted messages as though they were encrypted. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: evolution-data-server 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 evolution-data-server-common 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 libcamel-1.2-61 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 libebackend-1.2-10 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 libedataserver-1.2-23 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: evolution-data-server 3.18.5-1ubuntu1.2 evolution-data-server-common 3.18.5-1ubuntu1.2 libcamel-1.2-54 3.18.5-1ubuntu1.2 libebackend-1.2-10 3.18.5-1ubuntu1.2 libedataserver-1.2-21 3.18.5-1ubuntu1.2 After a standard system update you need to restart Evolution to make all the necessary changes. References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3998-1 CVE-2018-15587 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-data-server/3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evolution-data-server/3.18.5-1ubuntu1.2 . Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3999-1 addresses a vulnerability within the NetworkManagerservice that may expose sensitive information.. email decryption, Evolution Data Server, Ubuntu updates, data security, encryption errors. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

May 30, 2019 •Critical Ubuntu