Foresight Linux Essential Advisory: 2007-0010-1
Published: 2007-04-05
Rating: Moderate
Updated Versions:
evolution=/foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-devel//1/2.10.0-2-1
group-dist=/foresight.rpath.org@fl:1-devel//1/1.1-0.13-3
References:
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1227
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1002
Description:
Previous versions of the evolution package were vulnerable to a format
string vulnerability which could allow arbitrary code execution at the
permission level of the user running evolution (usually non-root) via a
specially crafted shared memo.