CVE-2013-4166 Information disclosure in Evolution
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-4166 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2013-4166 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, published on 6 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4166/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-4166/index.md)
Attackers can obtain sensitive information because Evolution may encrypt emails with the wrong GPG key.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4166?
CVE-2013-4166 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, published on 6 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The gpg_ctx_add_recipient function in camel/camel-gpg-context.c in GNOME Evolution 3.8.4 and earlier and Evolution Data Server 3.9.5 and earlier does not properly select the GPG key to use for email encryption, which might cause the email to be encrypted with the wrong key and allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information.
Weakness: CWE-200
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4166?
It affects 5 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
cheese Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.1-8.el6 |
cheese-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.1-8.el6 |
control-center Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:2.28.1-39.el6 |
control-center-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:2.28.1-39.el6 |
control-center-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:2.28.1-39.el6 |
control-center-extra Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:2.28.1-39.el6 |
control-center-filesystem Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 1:2.28.1-39.el6 |
ekiga Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.2.6-4.el6 |
ekiga-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:3.2.6-4.el6 |
evolution Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-30.el6 |
evolution-data-server Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-18.el6 |
evolution-data-server-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-18.el6 |
evolution-data-server-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-18.el6 |
evolution-data-server-doc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-18.el6 |
evolution-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-30.el6 |
evolution-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-30.el6 |
evolution-devel-docs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-30.el6 |
evolution-exchange Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-16.el6 |
evolution-exchange-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-16.el6 |
evolution-help Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-30.el6 |
evolution-mapi Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:0.32.2-12.el6 |
evolution-mapi-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:0.32.2-12.el6 |
evolution-mapi-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:0.32.2-12.el6 |
evolution-perl Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-30.el6 |
evolution-pst Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-30.el6 |
evolution-spamassassin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.32.3-30.el6 |
finch Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.9-11.el6 |
finch-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.7.9-11.el6 |
gnome-panel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.30.2-15.el6 |
gnome-panel-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.30.2-15.el6 |
gnome-panel-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.30.2-15.el6 |
gnome-panel-libs Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.30.2-15.el6 |
gnome-python2-applet Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.0-5.el6 |
gnome-python2-brasero Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.0-5.el6 |
gnome-python2-bugbuddy Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.0-5.el6 |
gnome-python2-desktop Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.0-5.el6 |
gnome-python2-desktop-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.0-5.el6 |
gnome-python2-evince Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.0-5.el6 |
gnome-python2-evolution Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.0-5.el6 |
gnome-python2-gnomedesktop Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client | All versions | 0:2.28.0-5.el6 |
Products include Gnome Evolution, Gnome Evolution Data Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop, Redhat Enterprise Linux Server, Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4166?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2013-4166 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4166 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4166, GHSA-p34q-c63v-mp3m, MGASA-2013-0245, RHSA-2013:1540.