CVE-2009-1631
- Public Date:
- 2009-05-01
- Bugzilla:
- 498648: CVE-2009-1631 evolution: insecure permissions on evolution mailbox folders
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
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.
Find out more about CVE-2009-1631 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
Red Hat does not consider this to be a security issue. By default, user home directories are created with mode 0700 permissions, which would not expose the ~/.evolution/ directory regardless of its own permissions.
If a user intentionally relaxes permissions on their home directory, they should be auditing all files and directories in order to not expose unwanted files to other local users.
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