Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.60525
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-583-1 (evolution)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to evolution announced via advisory USN-583-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Ulf Harnhammar discovered that Evolution did not correctly handle format strings when processing encrypted emails. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted email, resulting in arbitrary code execution. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: evolution 2.6.1-0ubuntu7.2 Ubuntu 6.10: evolution 2.8.1-0ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 7.04: evolution 2.10.1-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 7.10: evolution 2.12.1-0ubuntu1.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Evolution to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-583-1 Risk factor : High CVSS Score: 6.8
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-0072 BugTraq ID: 28102 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28102 Bugtraq: 20080528 rPSA-2008-0105-1 evolution (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/492684/100/0/threaded CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#512491 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/512491 Debian Security Information: DSA-1512 (Google Search) http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1512 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00190.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00195.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-12.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:063 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-8/advisory/ https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10701 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0177.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0178.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019540 http://secunia.com/advisories/29057 http://secunia.com/advisories/29163 http://secunia.com/advisories/29210 http://secunia.com/advisories/29244 http://secunia.com/advisories/29258 http://secunia.com/advisories/29264 http://secunia.com/advisories/29317 http://secunia.com/advisories/30437 http://secunia.com/advisories/30491 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2008:014 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00003.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-583-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0768/references XForce ISS Database: evolution-emfmultipart-format-string(41011) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41011
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