FKIE_CVE-2006-2789

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-06-02 22:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:25
Severity
Summary
Evolution 2.2.x and 2.3.x in GNOME 2.7 and 2.8, when "load images if sender in addressbook" is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (persistent crash) via a crafted "From" header that triggers an assert error in camel-internet-address.c when a null pointer is used.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309453
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311440
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:094
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18212
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=309453
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=311440
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:094
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/18212
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
gnome evolution 2.3.1
gnome evolution 2.3.2
gnome evolution 2.3.3
gnome evolution 2.3.4
gnome evolution 2.3.5
gnome evolution 2.3.6
gnome evolution 2.3.6.1
gnome evolution 2.3.7
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