USN-475-1: evolution-data-server vulnerability
21 June 2007
evolution-data-server vulnerability
Releases
Details
Philip Van Hoof discovered that the IMAP client in Evolution did not
correctly verify the SEQUENCE value. A malicious or spoofed server
could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 7.04
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libcamel1.2-10
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1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 6.10
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libcamel1.2-8
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1.8.1-0ubuntu5.1
Ubuntu 6.06
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libcamel1.2-8
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1.6.1-0ubuntu7.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.