Evolution Data Server could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Jon Kristensen discovered that Evolution Data Server would automatically downgrade a connection to an IMAP server if the IMAP server did not support SSL. This would result in the user’s password being unexpectedly sent in clear text, even though the user had requested to use SSL.
26 July 2018
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Evolution Data Server could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.
Jon Kristensen discovered that Evolution Data Server would automatically downgrade a connection to an IMAP server if the IMAP server did not support SSL. This would result in the user’s password being unexpectedly sent in clear text, even though the user had requested to use SSL.
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
After a standard system update you need to restart Evolution to make all the necessary changes.