Evolution: Format string vulnerability — GLSA 200803-12

A format string error has been discovered in Evolution, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Background

Evolution is a GNOME groupware application.

Description

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.

Impact

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.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/evolution-2.12.3-r1"

References

• CVE-2008-0072

Release date
March 05, 2008

Latest revision
March 05, 2008: 01

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

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