Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.59129
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-442-1 (evolution)
Summary:	Ubuntu USN-442-1 (evolution)
Description:	The remote host is missing an update to evolution announced via advisory USN-442-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research discovered that Evolution did not correctly handle format strings when displaying shared memos. If a remote attacker tricked a user into viewing a specially crafted shared memo, they could execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: evolution 2.6.1-0ubuntu7.1 Ubuntu 6.10: evolution 2.8.1-0ubuntu4.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Evolution or reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-442-1 Risk factor : High
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-1002 Bugtraq: 20070321 Secunia Research: Evolution Shared Memo Categories Format StringVulnerability (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/463406/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20070405 FLEA-2007-0010-1: evolution (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/464820/30/7170/threaded http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-44/advisory/ Debian Security Information: DSA-1325 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1325 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-02.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:070 RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2007:0158 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0158.html SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SR:2007:015 (Google Search) http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_15_sr.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-442-1 BugTraq ID: 23073 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23073 http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10100 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1058 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017808 http://secunia.com/advisories/24234 http://secunia.com/advisories/24651 http://secunia.com/advisories/24668 http://secunia.com/advisories/25102 http://secunia.com/advisories/25551 http://secunia.com/advisories/25880 XForce ISS Database: evolution-writehtml-format-string(33106) http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/33106
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