CVE-2018-12422

NameCVE-2018-12422
Descriptionaddressbook/backends/ldap/e-book-backend-ldap.c in Evolution-Data-Server in GNOME Evolution through 3.29.2 might allow attackers to trigger a Buffer Overflow via a long query that is processed by the strcat function. NOTE: the software maintainer disputes this because "the code had computed the required string length first, and then allocated a large-enough buffer on the heap.
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Debian Bugs901665

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
evolution-data-server (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)3.12.9~git20141128.5242b0-2+deb8u4vulnerable
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch3.22.7-1+deb9u2vulnerable
buster3.30.5-1+deb10u2fixed
buster (security), buster (lts)3.30.5-1+deb10u1fixed
bullseye3.38.3-1+deb11u2fixed
bookworm3.46.4-2fixed
sid, trixie3.54.2-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
evolution-data-serversource(unstable)3.28.5-1unimportant901665

Notes

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=796174
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution-data-server/commit/34bad6173
non-issue, to be rejected

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