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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-583-1 March 05, 2008 evolution vulnerability CVE-2008-0072 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04 Ubuntu 7.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: evolution 2.6.1-0ubuntu7.2 Ubuntu 6.10: evolution 2.8.1-0ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 7.04: evolution 2.10.1-0ubuntu2.1 Ubuntu 7.10: evolution 2.12.1-0ubuntu1.1 After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Evolution to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: 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.