Debian Security Advisory
DSA-1512-1 evolution -- format string attack
- Date Reported:
- 05 Mar 2008
- Affected Packages:
- evolution
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2008-0072.
- More information:
-
Ulf Härnhammar discovered that Evolution, the e-mail and groupware suite, had a format string vulnerability in the parsing of encrypted mail messages. If the user opened a specially crafted email message, code execution was possible.
For the stable distribution (etch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.3-6etch2.
For the old stable distribution (sarge), this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.4-2sarge3. Some architectures have not yet completed building the updated package for sarge, they will be added as they come available.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.12.3-1.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your evolution package.
- Fixed in:
-
Debian GNU/Linux 3.1 (sarge)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3.dsc
- 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_2.0.4-2sarge3.dsc
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_amd64.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge3_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge3_ia64.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.0.4-2sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.0.4-2sarge3_s390.deb
Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 (etch)
- Source:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3.orig.tar.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2.dsc
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2.diff.gz
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2.dsc
- Architecture-independent component:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-common_2.6.3-6etch2_all.deb
- AMD64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_amd64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_amd64.deb
- ARM:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_arm.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_arm.deb
- HP Precision:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_hppa.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_hppa.deb
- Intel IA-32:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_i386.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_i386.deb
- Intel IA-64:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_ia64.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_ia64.deb
- Big-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_mips.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_mips.deb
- Little-endian MIPS:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_mipsel.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_mipsel.deb
- PowerPC:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_powerpc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_powerpc.deb
- IBM S/390:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_s390.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_s390.deb
- Sun Sparc:
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch2_sparc.deb
- http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch2_sparc.deb
MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.