Evolution: User-assisted remote execution of arbitrary code — GLSA 200707-03

The IMAP client of Evolution contains a vulnerability potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code.

Affected packages

Package	gnome-extra/evolution-data-server on all architectures
Affected versions	< 1.8.3-r5
Unaffected versions	>= 1.8.3-r5 revision >= 1.6.2-r1

Background

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

Description

The imap_rescan() function of the file camel-imap-folder.c does not properly sanitize the "SEQUENCE" response sent by an IMAP server before being used to index arrays.

Impact

A malicious or compromised IMAP server could trigger the vulnerability and execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running Evolution.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Evolution users should upgrade evolution-data-server to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "gnome-extra/evolution-data-server"

References

CVE-2007-3257

Release date
July 02, 2007

Latest revision
July 02, 2007: 01

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

Bugzilla entries

182011