1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3724-1

USN-3724-1: Evolution Data Server vulnerability

Publication date

26 July 2018

Overview

Evolution Data Server could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

Releases

Packages

Details

Jon Kristensen discovered that Evolution Data Server would automatically
downgrade a connection to an IMAP server if the IMAP server did not support
SSL. This would result in the user’s password being unexpectedly sent in clear
text, even though the user had requested to use SSL.

Jon Kristensen discovered that Evolution Data Server would automatically
downgrade a connection to an IMAP server if the IMAP server did not support
SSL. This would result in the user’s password being unexpectedly sent in clear
text, even though the user had requested to use SSL.

Update instructions

After a standard system update you need to restart Evolution to make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 xenial evolution-data-server –  3.18.5-1ubuntu1.1
evolution-data-server-common –  3.18.5-1ubuntu1.1
libcamel-1.2-54 –  3.18.5-1ubuntu1.1
libebackend-1.2-10 –  3.18.5-1ubuntu1.1
libedataserver-1.2-21 –  3.18.5-1ubuntu1.1
14.04 trusty evolution-data-server –  3.10.4-0ubuntu1.6
evolution-data-server-common –  3.10.4-0ubuntu1.6
libcamel-1.2-45 –  3.10.4-0ubuntu1.6
libebackend-1.2-7 –  3.10.4-0ubuntu1.6
libedataserver-1.2-18 –  3.10.4-0ubuntu1.6

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