CVE-2009-0582: Gnome Evolution-Data-Server

Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 2.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The ntlm_challenge function in the NTLM SASL authentication mechanism in camel/camel-sasl-ntlm.c in Camel in Evolution Data Server (aka evolution-data-server) 2.24.5 and earlier, and 2.25.92 and earlier 2.25.x versions, does not validate whether a certain length value is consistent with the amount of data in a challenge packet, which allows remote mail servers to read information from the process memory of a client, or cause a denial of service (client crash), via an NTLM authentication type 2 packet with a length value that exceeds the amount of packet data.

Affected products

• Gnome Evolution-Data-Server: up to and including 2.24.5; version 2.25.92 only

Published 2009-03-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.