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

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Calendar Grey November 6, 2007
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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
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The IMAP client of Evolution contains a vulnerability potentially
leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Background
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Evolution is the mail client of the GNOME desktop environment. Camel is
the Evolution Data Server module that handles mail functions.

Affected packages
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     Package                            /  Vulnerable  /    Unaffected
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  1  gnome-extra/evolution-data-server     < 1.10.3.1      >= 1.10.3.1

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The imap_rescan() function of...
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