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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
+<glsa id="200706-02">
+ <title>Evolution: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code</title>
+ <synopsis>
+ A vulnerability has been discovered in Evolution allowing for the execution
+ of arbitrary code.
+ </synopsis>
+ <product type="ebuild">evolution</product>
+ <announced>2007-06-06</announced>
+ <revised count="01">2007-06-06</revised>
+ <bug>170879</bug>
+ <access>remote</access>
+ <affected>
+ <package name="mail-client/evolution" auto="yes" arch="*">
+ <unaffected range="ge">2.8.3-r2</unaffected>
+ <vulnerable range="lt">2.8.3-r2</vulnerable>
+ </package>
+ </affected>
+ <background>
+ <p>
+ Evolution is the mail client of the GNOME desktop environment.
+ </p>
+ </background>
+ <description>
+ <p>
+ Ulf Harnhammar from Secunia Research has discovered a format string
+ error in the write_html() function in the file
+ calendar/gui/e-cal-component-memo-preview.c.
+ </p>
+ </description>
+ <impact type="normal">
+ <p>
+ A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted
+ shared memo, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with
+ the privileges of the user running Evolution.
+ </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 "&gt;=mail-client/evolution-2.8.3-r2"</code>
+ </resolution>
+ <references>
+ <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1002">CVE-2007-1002</uri>
+ </references>
+ <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-06-02T07:29:21Z">
+ jaervosz
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-06-03T18:06:03Z">
+ p-y
+ </metadata>
+ <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-06-06T20:42:46Z">
+ falco
+ </metadata>
+</glsa>