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Vulnerability Assessment Details

SUSE-SA:2005:054: evolution

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Check for the version of the evolution package

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:054 (evolution).

Several format string bugs permited remote attackers to cause
evolution to crash or even execute code via full vCard data, contact
data from remote LDAP servers, task list data from remote servers
(CVE-2005-2549) or calendar entries (CVE-2005-2550).

Solution : http://www.suse.de/security/advisories/2005_54_evolution.html
Network Security Threat Level: High

Networks Security ID:

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2005 Tenable Network Security

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