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gentoo-overlay/metadata/glsa/glsa-200803-12.xml

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!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>