Test ID:	1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.61493
Category:	Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Title:	Ubuntu USN-615-1 (evolution)
Summary:	NOSUMMARY
Description:	Description: The remote host is missing an update to evolution announced via advisory USN-615-1. A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. Details follow: Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research discovered that Evolution did not properly validate timezone data when processing iCalendar attachments. If a user disabled the ITip Formatter plugin and viewed a crafted iCalendar attachment, an attacker could cause a denial of service or possibly execute code with user privileges. Note that the ITip Formatter plugin is enabled by default in Ubuntu. (CVE-2008-1108) Alin Rad Pop of Secunia Research discovered that Evolution did not properly validate the DESCRIPTION field when processing iCalendar attachments. If a user were tricked into accepting a crafted iCalendar attachment and replied to it from the calendar window, an attacker code cause a denial of service or execute code with user privileges. (CVE-2008-1109) Matej Cepl discovered that Evolution did not properly validate date fields when processing iCalendar attachments. If a user disabled the ITip Formatter plugin and viewed a crafted iCalendar attachment, an attacker could cause a denial of service. Note that the ITip Formatter plugin is enabled by default in Ubuntu. Solution: The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: evolution 2.6.1-0ubuntu7.4 Ubuntu 7.04: evolution 2.10.1-0ubuntu2.4 Ubuntu 7.10: evolution 2.12.1-0ubuntu1.3 Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: evolution 2.22.2-0ubuntu1.2 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Evolution to effect the necessary changes. http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-615-1 Risk factor : Critical CVSS Score: 9.3
Cross-Ref:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1108 BugTraq ID: 29527 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29527 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00157.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00178.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-June/msg00179.html http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-06.xml http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:111 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-22/advisory/ https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10471 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0514.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0515.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0516.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0517.html http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020169 http://secunia.com/advisories/30298 http://secunia.com/advisories/30527 http://secunia.com/advisories/30536 http://secunia.com/advisories/30564 http://secunia.com/advisories/30571 http://secunia.com/advisories/30702 http://secunia.com/advisories/30716 SuSE Security Announcement: SUSE-SA:2008:028 (Google Search) http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-06/msg00003.html http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-615-1 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1732/references XForce ISS Database: evolution-icalendar-bo(42824) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42824 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2008-1109 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-23/advisory/ https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10337 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020170 XForce ISS Database: evolution-icalendar-description-bo(42826) https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42826
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