Stack-based Buffer Overflow Affecting evolution-data-server-tests package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (61st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS7-EVOLUTIONDATASERVERTESTS-1988926
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed16 May 2018

Introduced: 16 May 2018

CVE-2018-12422  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-121  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:7 evolution-data-server-tests.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream evolution-data-server-tests package and not the evolution-data-server-tests package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

addressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c in Evolution-Data-Server in GNOME Evolution through 3.29.2 might allow attackers to trigger a Buffer Overflow via a long query that is processed by the strcat function. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes this because "the code had computed the required string length first, and then allocated a large-enough buffer on the heap.