DSA-673-1 evolution -- integer overflow

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-673-1 evolution -- integer overflow

Date Reported:

10 Feb 2005

Affected Packages:

evolution

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In the Bugtraq database (at SecurityFocus): BugTraq ID 12354.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2005-0102.

More information:

Max Vozeler discovered an integer overflow in a helper application inside of Evolution, a free groupware suite. A local attacker could cause the setuid root helper to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.5-1woody2.

For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.3-1.2.

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_1.0.5-1woody2.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2.diff.gz

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5.orig.tar.gz

Alpha:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_alpha.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_arm.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_ia64.deb

Motorola 680x0:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_m68k.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel-dev_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/libcamel0_1.0.5-1woody2_sparc.deb

MD5 checksums of the listed files are available in the original advisory.