Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
Evolution is the GNOME collection of personal information management (PIM) tools.
A format string flaw was found in the way Evolution displayed encrypted mail content. If a user opened a carefully crafted mail message, arbitrary code could be executed as the user running Evolution. (CVE-2008-0072)
All users of Evolution should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch which resolves this issue.
Red Hat would like to thank Ulf Härnhammar of Secunia Research for finding and reporting this issue.
Affected
evolution on Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4,
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-0072 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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