vulnerability

Debian: CVE-2020-11879: evolution -- security update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Apr 17, 2020
Added
Jul 30, 2024
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in GNOME Evolution before 3.35.91. By using the proprietary (non-RFC6068) "mailto?attach=..." parameter, a website (or other source of mailto links) can make Evolution attach local files or directories to a composed email message without showing a warning to the user, as demonstrated by an attach=. value.

Solution

debian-upgrade-evolution
Title
Rapid7 Labs

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