DSA-1512-1 evolution -- format string attack

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 2.6.3-6etch4.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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_2.6.3-6etch4.dsc

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4.diff.gz

Architecture-independent component:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-common_2.6.3-6etch4_all.deb

AMD64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_amd64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_amd64.deb

ARM:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_arm.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_arm.deb

HP Precision:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_hppa.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_hppa.deb

Intel IA-32:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_i386.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_i386.deb

Intel IA-64:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_ia64.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_ia64.deb

Big-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_mips.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_mips.deb

Little-endian MIPS:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_mipsel.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_mipsel.deb

PowerPC:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_powerpc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_powerpc.deb

IBM S/390:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_s390.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_s390.deb

Sun Sparc:

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins_2.6.3-6etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dbg_2.6.3-6etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-plugins-experimental_2.6.3-6etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution_2.6.3-6etch4_sparc.deb

http://security.debian.org/pool/updates/main/e/evolution/evolution-dev_2.6.3-6etch4_sparc.deb

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