CVE-2009-3721

evolution: TNEF attachment decoder input sanitization errors (oCERT-2009-013)

Published May 26, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 7.8 High EPSS 1.6% KEV · Not listed
Description
Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when decoding attachments.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3694 Multiple directory traversal and buffer overflow vulnerabilities were discovered in yTNEF, and in Evolution's TNEF parser that is derived from yTNEF. A crafted email could cause these applications to write data in arbitrary locations on the filesystem, crash, or potentially execute arbitrary code when decoding attachments.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 6:38 AM
Reserved
Oct 16, 2009, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
May 26, 2021, 10:15 PM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:12 PM
Severity
Important
Public date
Sep 7, 2009, 12:00 AM