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title: "CVE-2007-3257\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2007-3257

Publication date 19 June 2007

Last updated 17 July 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Camel (camel-imap-folder.c) in the mailer component for Evolution Data
Server 1.11 allows remote IMAP servers to execute arbitrary code via a
negative SEQUENCE value in GData, which is used as an array index.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| evolution-data-server | 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 6.10 edgy | Fixed 1.8.1-0ubuntu5.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Fixed 1.6.1-0ubuntu7.1 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3257)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-3257)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2007-3257)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-3257)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-475-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-475-1)
+ evolution-data-server vulnerability
+ 21 June 2007

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-3257>