<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200501-35"> <title>Evolution: Integer overflow in camel-lock-helper</title> <synopsis> An overflow in the camel-lock-helper application can be exploited by an attacker to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">evolution</product> <announced>2005-01-24</announced> <revised count="01">2005-01-24</revised> <bug>79183</bug> <access>local and remote</access> <affected> <package name="mail-client/evolution" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">2.0.2-r1</unaffected> <vulnerable range="le">2.0.2</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Evolution is a GNOME groupware application similar to Microsoft Outlook. </p> </background> <description> <p> Max Vozeler discovered an integer overflow in the camel-lock-helper application, which is installed as setgid mail by default. </p> </description> <impact type="high"> <p> A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious code with the privileges of the 'mail' group. A remote attacker could also setup a malicious POP server to execute arbitrary code when an Evolution user connects to it. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Evolution users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=mail-client/evolution-2.0.2-r1"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2005-0102">CAN-2005-0102</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2005-01-24T14:31:03Z"> DerCorny </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2005-01-24T21:37:19Z"> lewk </metadata> </glsa>