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Mandriva Update for evolution MDVSA-2008:063 (evolution)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Mandrake 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

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

Summary

Check for the Version of evolution

Insight

Insight

Ulf Harnhammar of Secunia Research discovered a format string flaw in how Evolution displayed encrypted mail content. If a user were to open a carefully crafted email message, arbitrary code could be executed with the permissions of the user running Evolution. The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.

Affected Software

Affected Software

evolution on Mandriva Linux 2007.1, Mandriva Linux 2007.1/X86_64, Mandriva Linux 2008.0, Mandriva Linux 2008.0/X86_64

Solution

Solution

Please Install the Updated Packages.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)