Package : evolution Vulnerability : integer overflow Problem-Type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CAN-2005-0102 BugTraq ID : 12354
Max Vozeler discovered an integer overflow in a helper application inside of Evolution, a free grouware suite. A local attacker could cause the setuid root helper to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
For the stable distribution (woody) this problem has been fixed in version 1.0.5-1woody2.
For the unstable distribution (sid) this problem has been fixed in version 2.0.3-1.2.
We recommend that you upgrade your evolution package.
Upgrade Instructions --------------------
wget url will fetch the file for you dpkg -i file.deb will install the referenced file.
If you are using the apt-get package manager, use the line for sources.list as given below:
apt-get update will update the internal database apt-get upgrade will install corrected packages
You may use an automated update by adding the resources from the footer to the proper configuration.
Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 alias woody --------------------------------