RHBA-2015:0561 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated evolution-data-server packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Description

The evolution-data-server packages provide a unified backend for applications
which interact with contacts, tasks and calendar information. Evolution Data
Server was originally developed as a backend for the Evolution information
management application, but is now used by various other applications.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Because of incorrect code segments in the Evolution Data Server, a failed IMAP

message download generated a redundant error message and did not trigger another
download of the IMAP message. This update fixes the erroneous code. Now, when an
IMAP message fails to download, the Evolution client attempts to download the
message again as intended. (BZ#1084088)

• The Evolution client mistakenly removed the cache of the IMAP subfolder when

the "scanning for changed messages" process failed, for instance when the user
cancelled this process. As a consequence, Evolution in some cases had to
download summary information for all the messages in the mail folder, including
the ones with information previously already downloaded, which was consuming
excessive time and resources. With this update, a fix has been implemented for
Evolution to handle scan interruptions properly. As a result, Evolution no
longer removes the IMAP subfolder cache and thus does not have to download
redundant message information. (BZ#1084973)

• Due to errors in the underlying code, memory leaks could occur in Evolution

Data Server. This update amends these errors and the memory leaks now no longer
occur. (BZ#1090816)

• A bug prevented Evolution Data Server from correctly processing shared mail

folders on a Cyrus IMAP server. As a consequence, when it accessed a shared
message folder on a Cyrus IMAP server, Evolution could not display the messages
the folder contained. This bug has been fixed and accessing shared mail folders
on a Cyrus IMAP server with Evolution now functions as intended. (BZ#1098036)

• Due to an incorrectly saved location, an attempt to add a new "Weather"

calendar could cause the Evolution client to terminate unexpectedly. The
underlying source code has been modified to fix this bug, and Evolution no
longer crashes in the described scenario. (BZ#1122644)

• An LDAP address book search could cause the "evolution-addressbook-factory"

process to terminate unexpectedly. This bug has been fixed and the
evolution-addressbook-factory process no longer crashes in the described
situation. (BZ#1131927)

• In certain situations, a connection to a Google Calendar could fail due to new

restrictions on the Google server. Evolution Data Server has been modified to
cope with the new restrictions, and the connection no longer fails. (BZ#1141691)

• The Evolution client could not connect to a mail server using the Secure

Sockets Layer (SSL) connection when the server had SSL disabled due to the
POODLE vulnerability. With this update, the Evolution Data Server has been
modified to connect also using the Transport Layer Security (TLSv1) connection
to address this bug. (BZ#1153723)

• Due to a bug in the related Camel code, which caused use-after-free memory

problems, Evolution could terminate unexpectedly under certain circumstances. A
patch has been provided to fix this bug, and Evolution no longer crashes.
(BZ#1170552)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• This update introduces the support for multiple connections during IMAP

operations into the IMAPX library. Now, IMAPX is significantly more responsive
during demanding IMAP operations, such as folder updates. (BZ#1083601)

Users of evolution-data-server are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs and add this enhancement.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.7 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.6 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 7.3 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.7 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.6 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.5 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.4 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 7.3 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 7.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Update Services for SAP Solutions 7.3 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 1079923 - Claim missing user name when authenticating
• BZ - 1084088 - [IMAPX] Avoid 'Empty cache file' error message
• BZ - 1090816 - Fix memory leaks
• BZ - 1098036 - Evolution does not work with shared mail folders on a Cyrus IMAP server
• BZ - 1122644 - Weather Calendars in Evolution 3.8 Don't Work
• BZ - 1141691 - Adapt to new Google HTTP restriction
• BZ - 1153723 - CVE-2014-3566 POODLE - Enable TLS for SSL Camel connections
• BZ - 1170552 - [abrt] [CamelDB] Use-after-free on DB close with pending sync request
• BZ - 1180174 - Check GConf XDG folder for migration too

CVEs

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References

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