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<glsa id="200706-02">
  <title>Evolution: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
  <synopsis>
    A vulnerability has been discovered in Evolution allowing for the execution
    of arbitrary code.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">evolution</product>
  <announced>June 06, 2007</announced>
  <revised>June 06, 2007: 01</revised>
  <bug>170879</bug>
  <access>remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="mail-client/evolution" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.8.3-r2</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.8.3-r2</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>
    Evolution is the mail client of the GNOME desktop environment.
    </p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>
    Ulf Harnhammar from Secunia Research has discovered a format string
    error in the write_html() function in the file
    calendar/gui/e-cal-component-memo-preview.c.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>
    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
    shared memo, possibly 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-2.8.3-r2&quot;</code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1002">CVE-2007-1002</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sat, 02 Jun 2007 07:29:21 +0000">
    jaervosz
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:06:03 +0000">
    p-y
  </metadata>
  <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Wed, 06 Jun 2007 20:42:46 +0000">
    falco
  </metadata>
</glsa>