Mandriva Linux Security Advisory - Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research discovered a format string flaw in how Evolution displayed encrypted mail content. If a user were to open a carefully crafted email message, arbitrary code could be executed with the permissions of the user running Evolution.
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDVSA-2008:063
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : evolution
Date : March 6, 2008
Affected: 2007.1, 2008.0
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Problem Description:
Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research discovered a format string flaw
in how Evolution displayed encrypted mail content. If a user were
to open a carefully crafted email message, arbitrary code could be
executed with the permissions of the user running Evolution.
The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0072
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Updated Packages:
Mandriva Linux 2007.1:
4e8e24994ce1f37d7fa2b40b93cb7767 2007.1/i586/evolution-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
7d2a80c1c7f506f064d2e05895b67b0d 2007.1/i586/evolution-devel-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
0a80f0dd31179d99747c4c851e2ed8a9 2007.1/i586/evolution-mono-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
4bd7556907014b0e047c30ce43484caf 2007.1/i586/evolution-pilot-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.i586.rpm
826717f3fea97f934eb6a596f67edd96 2007.1/SRPMS/evolution-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64:
0951f21569c57a2c3975c5df7f5f2074 2007.1/x86_64/evolution-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
8b0cef17cde0851a5fe626881b71c09a 2007.1/x86_64/evolution-devel-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
43a889af38f11b34dc503f51de9f4921 2007.1/x86_64/evolution-mono-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
7586926d4809c66fc8bbd656be2a64fc 2007.1/x86_64/evolution-pilot-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.x86_64.rpm
826717f3fea97f934eb6a596f67edd96 2007.1/SRPMS/evolution-2.10.2-2.2mdv2007.1.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.0:
848621169e649c76a118adc78bbeb437 2008.0/i586/evolution-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
0034c11598d908c5a94cb637b255a2c9 2008.0/i586/evolution-devel-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
526f6dff8ed0501d4d685caa7dbd0a11 2008.0/i586/evolution-mono-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
ae736c07e20a46a99b03c81a7047b440 2008.0/i586/evolution-pilot-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.i586.rpm
bf7431bd51a057d8ef5a80d541ad8de1 2008.0/SRPMS/evolution-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm
Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64:
d3c4fd1d66dc8dec3a318cab203fc393 2008.0/x86_64/evolution-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
5130831a0fd1c5d6a07f12fc8c5f68ff 2008.0/x86_64/evolution-devel-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
96c34cd8fe5f4981e788f72e4038812a 2008.0/x86_64/evolution-mono-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
126ff5b8d697970652cfa365926556df 2008.0/x86_64/evolution-pilot-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.x86_64.rpm
bf7431bd51a057d8ef5a80d541ad8de1 2008.0/SRPMS/evolution-2.12.3-1.2mdv2008.0.src.rpm
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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