DSA-1016-1 evolution -- format string vulnerabilities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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