CVE-2006-0040 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 10 Mar 2006 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause denial of service in GNOME Evolution by sending emails with excessive URLs, requiring user interaction to view the message.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2006-0040?

CVE-2006-0040 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Mar 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

GNOME Evolution 2.4.2.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU and memory consumption) via a text e-mail with a large number of URLs, possibly due to unknown problems in gtkhtml.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0040?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Gnome Evolution.

How do I fix CVE-2006-0040?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2006-0040 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0040 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2006-0040, GHSA-hw2m-rcmq-r2rj.