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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="200706-02">
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<title>Evolution: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
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<synopsis>
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A vulnerability has been discovered in Evolution allowing for the execution
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of arbitrary code.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">evolution</product>
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<announced>2007-06-06</announced>
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<revised count="01">2007-06-06</revised>
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<bug>170879</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="mail-client/evolution" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.8.3-r2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.8.3-r2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>
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Evolution is the mail client of the GNOME desktop environment.
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</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>
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Ulf Harnhammar from Secunia Research has discovered a format string
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error in the write_html() function in the file
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calendar/gui/e-cal-component-memo-preview.c.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>
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A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
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shared memo, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with
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the privileges of the user running Evolution.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>
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There is no known workaround at this time.
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</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>
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All Evolution users should upgrade to the latest version:
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</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/evolution-2.8.3-r2"</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1002">CVE-2007-1002</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-06-02T07:29:21Z">
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jaervosz
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-06-03T18:06:03Z">
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p-y
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-06-06T20:42:46Z">
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falco
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</metadata>
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</glsa>
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