| Name | CVE-2020-11879 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| evolution (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 3.12.9~git20141130.241663-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 3.22.6-1+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 3.30.5-1.1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.38.3-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.46.4-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.54.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| evolution | source | wheezy | (unfixed) | end-of-life | | |
| evolution | source | (unstable) | 3.36.0-1 | | | |
Notes
[buster] - evolution <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[stretch] - evolution <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - evolution <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/issues/784
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/evolution/-/commit/6489f20d6905cc797e2b2581c415e558c457caa7