| Name | CVE-2009-1631 |
| Description | The Mailer component in Evolution 2.26.1 and earlier uses world-readable permissions for the .evolution directory, and certain directories and files under .evolution/ related to local mail, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading these files. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 526409 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| evolution (PTS) | buster | 3.30.5-1.1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 3.38.3-1+deb11u2 | fixed |
| bookworm | 3.46.4-2 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 3.50.2-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| evolution | source | (unstable) | 2.29.90-1 | unimportant | | 526409 |
Notes
Mostly a security enhancement, only for local users/mail and open homedirs