fkie_cve-2009-1631
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2009-05-14 17:30
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
The Mailer component in Evolution 2.26.1 and earlier uses world-readable permissions for the .evolution directory, and certain directories and files under .evolution/ related to local mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526409Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581604
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/12/6
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34921
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498648
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=526409Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=581604
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/12/6
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34921
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=498648
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome evolution *
gnome evolution 1.0.8
gnome evolution 1.2
gnome evolution 1.2.1
gnome evolution 1.2.2
gnome evolution 1.2.3
gnome evolution 1.2.4
gnome evolution 1.4
gnome evolution 1.4.3
gnome evolution 1.4.4
gnome evolution 1.4.5
gnome evolution 1.4.6
gnome evolution 2.0.0
gnome evolution 2.0.1
gnome evolution 2.0.2
gnome evolution 2.4
gnome evolution 2.6
gnome evolution 2.12
gnome evolution 2.24


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      "value": "The Mailer component in Evolution 2.26.1 and earlier uses world-readable permissions for the .evolution directory, and certain directories and files under .evolution/ related to local mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files."
    },
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      "value": "El componente Mailer en Evolution v2.26.1 y versiones anteriores utiliza permisos de lectura para todos para el directorio .evolution, y determinados directorios y ficheros bajo .evolution/ relacionados con el correo local, lo cual permite a usuarios locales obtener informaci\u00f3n sensible a trav\u00e9s de la lectura de esos ficheros."
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  "id": "CVE-2009-1631",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
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        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
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  "published": "2009-05-14T17:30:00.797",
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  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "comment": "Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. By default, user home directories are created with mode 0700 permissions, which would not expose the ~/.evolution/ directory regardless of its own permissions.\n\nIf a user intentionally relaxes permissions on their home directory, they should be auditing all files and directories in order to not expose unwanted files to other local users.",
      "lastModified": "2009-12-07T00:00:00",
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          "value": "CWE-264"
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}


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