CVE-2005-2550 (GCVE-0-2005-2550)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2005-08-12 04:00
Modified
2024-08-07 22:30
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
Format string vulnerability in Evolution 1.4 through 2.3.6.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via the calendar entries such as task lists, which are not properly handled when the user selects the Calendars tab.
References
secalert@redhat.com http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112368237712032&w=2
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/16394
secalert@redhat.com http://secunia.com/advisories/19380
secalert@redhat.com http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016
secalert@redhat.com http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:141
secalert@redhat.com http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407789
secalert@redhat.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14532
secalert@redhat.com http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html
secalert@redhat.com https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10880
secalert@redhat.com https://usn.ubuntu.com/166-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112368237712032&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/16394
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://secunia.com/advisories/19380
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.debian.org/security/2006/dsa-1016
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:141
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-August/msg00031.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-267.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/407789
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14532
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 http://www.sitic.se/eng/advisories_and_recommendations/sa05-001.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10880
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 https://usn.ubuntu.com/166-1/
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