Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting evolution package, versions [,3.28.2.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.23% (62nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-EVOLUTION-2370010
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Feb 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Feb 2019

CVE-2018-15587  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade evolution to version 3.28.2.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1