metadata/glsa/glsa-200803-12.xml

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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">

<glsa id="200803-12">
  <title>Evolution: Format string vulnerability</title>
  <synopsis>
    A format string error has been discovered in Evolution, possibly resulting
    in the execution of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">evolution</product>
  <announced>March 05, 2008</announced>
  <revised>March 05, 2008: 01</revised>
  <bug>212272</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="mail-client/evolution" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.12.3-r1</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.12.3-r1</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Evolution is a GNOME groupware application.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Ulf Harnhammar from Secunia Research discovered a format string error
    in the emf_multipart_encrypted() function in the file mail/em-format.c
    when reading certain data (e.g. the "Version:" field) from an encrypted
    e-mail.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
    encrypted e-mail, potentially resulting in the execution of arbitrary
    code with the privileges of the user running Evolution.
    </p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>
    There is no known workaround at this time.
    </p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>
    All Evolution users should upgrade to the latest version:
    </p>
    <code>
    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=mail-client/evolution-2.12.3-r1&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0072">CVE-2008-0072</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:09:16 +0000">
    rbu
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:00:40 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 05 Mar 2008 21:00:49 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
</glsa>