Description
GNOME Evolution 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a text e-mail with a large number of URLs, possibly due to unknown problems in gtkhtml.
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | evolution | 2.10.1 | — |
| Debian 13 | evolution | 2.10.1 | — |
| Debian 12 | evolution | 2.10.1 | — |
References
- ADV-2006-0801 vdb-entry
- evolution-email-dos(25050) vdb-entry
- 16899 vdb-entry
- 20060301 Evolution Emailer DoS mailing-list
- 19094 third-party-advisory