Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1016-1 evolution -- format string vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 23 Mar 2006
- Affected Packages:
- evolution
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 322535.
In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 14532.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-2549, CVE-2005-2550. - More information:
-
Ulf Härnhammar discovered several format string vulnerabilities in Evolution, a free groupware suite, that could lead to crashes of the application or the execution of arbitrary code.
For the old stable distribution (woody) these problems have been fixed in version 1.0.5-1woody3.
For the stable distribution (sarge) these problems have been fixed in version 2.0.4-2sarge1.
For the unstable distribution (sid) these problems have been fixed in version 2.2.3-3.
We recommend that you upgrade your evolution package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 (woody)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody3_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_alpha.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody3_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_ia64.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody3_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_m68k.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody3_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody3_sparc.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1.diff.gz
- Alpha:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_alpha.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_alpha.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_arm.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_ia64.deb
- HPPA:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_hppa.deb
- Motorola 680x0:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_m68k.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_m68k.deb
- Big endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_mips.deb
- Little endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge1_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.