PT-2008-1729

CVE-2008-0072

Published

2008-03-05

Updated

2018-10-15

Description by

CVSS 2.0

6.8

Medium

MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Evolution versions 2.12.3 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted encrypted message. This is demonstrated using the Version field.

Recommendations For versions 2.12.3 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.12.3 to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of encrypted messages until a patch is available.

Exploitability

Fix

Impacts

Researchers

Ulf Harnhammar

Vendors

Affected products

Weakness enumeration

CWE-134: Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Related identifiers

CVE-2008-0072

DSA-1512-1