CVE-2009-0547: evolution Cryptographic Issues

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-0547 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in evolution. EPSS estimates a 2.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 12-02-2009
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Evolution 2.22.3.1 checks S/MIME signatures against a copy of the e-mail text within a signed-data blob, not the copy of the e-mail text displayed to the user, which allows remote attackers to spoof a signature by modifying the latter copy, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-5077.

• CWE-310Cryptographic IssuesWeaknesses in this category are related to the design and implementation of data confidentiality and integrity. Frequently these deal with the use of encoding techniques, encryption libraries, and hashing algorithms. The weaknesses in this category could lead to a degradation of the quality data if they are not addressed.