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evolution-data-server package

Error verifying signature Cannot set message digest

Bug #338789 reported by Dragan Tomas
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evolution-data-server
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evolution (Ubuntu)
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evolution-data-server (Ubuntu)
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs

Bug Description

Binary package hint: evolution

I use S/MIME signatures in all my outgoing messages. It lets me send them just fine, but when I try to open any of them from my Sent Items folder (Exchange mailbox) it displays an error message on the bottom of the header area telling me what the subject line of this bug report reads. It also attaches the smime.p7s file to each one of those messages, but the content of the message is still perfectly readable and fine.

ProblemType: Bug
Architecture: i386
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 9.04
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/evolution
Package: evolution 2.25.92-0ubuntu2
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: evolution
Uname: Linux 2.6.28-8-generic i686

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Dragan Tomas (croatian-earthlink) wrote :
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Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg) wrote :

I'm seeing the same error message, for every mail that is S/MIME signed (not only my own in the sent folder). The same mails were displayed correctly (with the trusted signature emblem) on intrepid.

Changed in evolution:
status: New → Confirmed
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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. Please answer these questions:

 * Is this reproducible?
 * If so, what specific steps should we take to recreate this bug?
 * Could you add an example to the bug?

 This will help us to find and resolve the problem.

Changed in evolution:
assignee: nobody → desktop-bugs
importance: Undecided → Low
status: Confirmed → Incomplete
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Marcel Stimberg (marcelstimberg) wrote :

Hi Sebastien,
yes this is reproducible. Every time I open a S/MIME signed mail I get an error message - and I know that these certificates are valid. Sorry, but I can't post these emails here...
Have a look here (from comment 8 on)
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=564465
I think this upstream commit to evolution-data-server might fix the issue
r10132 | mbarnes | 2009-03-04 21:34:51 +0100 (Wed, 04 Mar 2009) | 8 lines

2009-03-04 Matthew Barnes <email address hidden>

 ** Re-fixes bug #564465 (Patch by Milan Crha)

 * camel/camel-smime-context.c (sm_verify_cmsg):
 Accept signed messages that don't list the digest algorithms.
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sebastien Bacher (seb128)
Changed in evolution-data-server:
status: Incomplete → In Progress
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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schobes (schobes) wrote :

This appears to be an issue for any account in Evolution. I am unable to verify signatures on emails that I know are valid. Verified using the Outlook (sic) at work on an exchange and imap account.

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Pedro Villavicencio (pedro) wrote :

one task is enough there.

Changed in evolution (Ubuntu):
status: New → Invalid
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Dragan Tomas (croatian-earthlink) wrote :

I can't even open that link to "gnome-bugs #564465". I would like to apply that patch, but how? It says it's fixed by a "Patch by Milan Crha", but that's not what my Jaunty thinks. Is anyone else having the same problem of not being able to open that link? How do I apply that patch then?

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Dragan Tomas (croatian-earthlink) wrote :

Okay, after trying several times i finally opened it and got to the link to a patch. The patch is written to patch one of the source code files, hence pretty much useless to me since I'm not about to compile my own version of Evolution. I wonder why the patch hasn't been picked up already by Jaunty developers and included into the latest package?

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Sebastien Bacher (seb128) wrote :

the new version is in jaunty now

Changed in evolution-data-server (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
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Dragan Tomas (croatian-earthlink) wrote :

I can say that this is in deed now fixed. This bug has been squashed. Thank you all for your support!

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Changed in evolution-data-server:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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Changed in evolution-data-server:
importance: Unknown → Medium
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