USN-475-1: evolution-data-server vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-475-1

21st June, 2007

evolution-data-server vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

  • Ubuntu 7.04
  • Ubuntu 6.10
  • Ubuntu 6.06 LTS

Details

Philip Van Hoof discovered that the IMAP client in Evolution did not
correctly verify the SEQUENCE value. A malicious or spoofed server
could exploit this to execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package version:

Ubuntu 7.04:
libcamel1.2-10 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1
Ubuntu 6.10:
libcamel1.2-8 1.8.1-0ubuntu5.1
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libcamel1.2-8 1.6.1-0ubuntu7.1

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to
effect the necessary changes.

References

CVE-2007-3257