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Gentoo: GLSA-200711-04 Normal: Evolution IMAP Client Remote Execution

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2007
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
A critical flaw in Evolution's IMAP client may allow arbitrary code execution; immediate patching is advised as per the Gentoo security bulletin.
The IMAP client of Evolution contains a vulnerability potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200711-04
                                            https://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: Normal Title: Evolution: User-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code Date: November 06, 2007 Bugs: #190861 ID: 200711-04

Synopsis ======= The IMAP client of Evolution contains a vulnerability potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= Evolution is the mail client of the GNOME desktop environment. Camel is the Evolution Data Server module that handles mail functions.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 gnome-extra/evolution-data-server < 1.10.3.1 >= 1.10.3.1
========== The imap_rescan() function of...

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