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Ubuntu Update for evolution vulnerability USN-442-1

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Ubuntu Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

Ubuntu Update for Linux kernel vulnerabilities USN-442-1

Insight

Insight

Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research discovered that Evolution did not correctly handle format strings when displaying shared memos. If a remote attacker tricked a user into viewing a specially crafted shared memo, they could execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Affected Software

Affected Software

evolution vulnerability on Ubuntu 6.06 LTS , Ubuntu 6.10

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)