Ubuntu 6.06 LTS / 6.10 / 7.04 / 7.10 : evolution vulnerability (USN-583-1)

Ulf Harnhammar discovered that Evolution did not correctly handle format strings when processing encrypted emails. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted email, resulting in arbitrary code execution. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding...

USN-583-1: Evolution vulnerability

Ulf Harnhammar discovered that Evolution did not correctly handle format strings when processing encrypted emails. A remote attacker could exploit this by sending a specially crafted email, resulting in arbitrary code execution...