--------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated Evolution packages fix multiple vulnerabilities Advisory ID: RHSA-2003:108-01 Issue date: 2003-03-21 Updated on: 2003-03-21 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: input validation Cross references: Obsoletes: CVE Names: CAN-2003-0128 CAN-2003-0129 CAN-2003-0130 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Updated Evolution packages are available which fix several vulnerabilities. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.3 - i386 Red Hat Linux 8.0 - i386 3. Problem description: Evolution is a GNOME-based collection of personal information management (PIM) tools. Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in the Ximian Evolution email client. These vulnerabilities make it possible for a carefully crafted email to crash the program, cause general system instability through resource starvation and get around security measures implemented within the program. Users of Evolution are advised to upgrade to these erratum packages. For Red Hat Linux 7.3, these packages update Evolution to version 1.0.8 with patches to correct these vulnerabilities. For Red Hat Linux 8.0, these packages contain backported security fixes which correct these vulnerabilities. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.3: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/evolution-1.0.8-9.7x.src.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/SRPMS/gal-0.19.2-3.7x.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/evolution-1.0.8-9.7x.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/gal-0.19.2-3.7x.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/gal-devel-0.19.2-3.7x.i386.rpm ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.3/en/os/i386/libgal19-0.19.2-3.7x.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 8.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/SRPMS/evolution-1.0.8-11.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/8.0/en/os/i386/evolution-1.0.8-11.i386.rpm 6. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ccedddaabda1e054e2bcdcd5f9ffd3ad 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/evolution-1.0.8-9.7x.src.rpm f75a49e6abc33384a01063e02c2d8e06 7.3/en/os/SRPMS/gal-0.19.2-3.7x.src.rpm 824e4e5465dae87fda371ea7e970b30e 7.3/en/os/i386/evolution-1.0.8-9.7x.i386.rpm 4f9d7f8d3152fc6ea156b80eca797fcf 7.3/en/os/i386/gal-0.19.2-3.7x.i386.rpm 1b9632d830bc122fd43cd40709421b70 7.3/en/os/i386/gal-devel-0.19.2-3.7x.i386.rpm 44df2b014c35a0c933b53b15b75b0f6e 7.3/en/os/i386/libgal19-0.19.2-3.7x.i386.rpm cfbbaebed87c8a3fa815d38251446f36 8.0/en/os/SRPMS/evolution-1.0.8-11.src.rpm 03a818c9dbe5af9ff2c1403b44099a68 8.0/en/os/i386/evolution-1.0.8-11.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at http://www.redhat.com/about/contact/pgpkey.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig -v <filename> If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: md5sum <filename> 7. References: http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=309&idxseccion=10 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0128 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0129 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0130 8. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is <security@redhat.com>. More contact details at http://www.redhat.com/solutions/security/news/contact.html Copyright 2003 Red Hat, Inc. _______________________________________________ Redhat-watch-list mailing list To unsubscribe, visit: https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-watch-list