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title: "CVE-2011-3201\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3201?format=md
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# CVE-2011-3201

Publication date 8 March 2013

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

GNOME Evolution before 3.2.3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to read
arbitrary files via the attachment parameter to a mailto: URL, which
attaches the file to the email.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2011-3201?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| evolution | 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [jdstrand](https://launchpad.net/~jdstrand)

no upstream patch yet (2011-10-13). In discussion in RedHat bug.
requires user to not notice the attachment

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-3201)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-3201)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2011-3201)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-3201)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-3201>