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Evolution "SEQUENCE" Array Indexing Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25766
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Release Date:
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2007-06-21
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Popularity:
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7,324 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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DoS
System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | GNOME Evolution 1.x
GNOME Evolution 2.x
Novell Evolution 2.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-3257
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Description:
Philip Van Hoof has reported a vulnerability in Evolution, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to the "imap_rescan()" function in camel/providers/imap/camel-imap-folder.c not properly sanitising the "SEQUENCE" value before being used to index arrays. This may be exploited to execute arbitrary code by e.g. tricking a user into using a malicious IMAP server.
The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to evolution-data-server 1.11.4.
Solution:
Update to evolution-data-server 1.11.4.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Philip Van Hoof
Original Advisory:
Gnome Bug #447414:
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=447414
Gnome Announcement:
http://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-hackers/2007-June/msg00064.html
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