Scientific Linux 5.x Evolution Security Advisory: Code Execution Risk

Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2008 15:21:47 -0500
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA for evolution on SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis: Important: evolution security update
Issue date: 2008-06-04
CVE Names: CVE-2008-1108 CVE-2008-1109

A flaw was found in the way Evolution parsed iCalendar timezone attachment
data. If the Itip Formatter plug-in was disabled and a user opened a mail
with a carefully crafted iCalendar attachment, arbitrary code could be
executed as the user running Evolution. (CVE-2008-1108)

Note: the Itip Formatter plug-in, which allows calendar information
(attachments with a MIME type of "text/calendar") to be displayed as part
of the e-mail message, is enabled by default.

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way Evolution parsed
iCalendar attachments with an overly long "DESCRIPTION" property string. If
a user responded to a carefully crafted iCalendar attachment in a
particular way, arbitrary code could be executed as the user running
Evolution. (CVE-2008-1109).
SL 5.x

 SRPMS:
evolution-2.12.3-8.el5_2.2.src.rpm
 i386:
evolution-2.12.3-8.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
evolution-devel-2.12.3-8.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
evolution-help-2.12.3-8.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
 x86_64:
evolution-2.12.3-8.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
evolution-2.12.3-8.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
evolution-devel-2.12.3-8.el5_2.2.i386.rpm
evolution-devel-2.12.3-8.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm
evolution-help-2.12.3-8.el5_2.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson