Issued:

2007-05-30

Updated:

2007-05-30

RHSA-2007:0344 - Moderate: evolution-data-server security update

Synopsis

Moderate: evolution-data-server security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated evolution-data-server package that fixes a security bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The evolution-data-server package provides a unified backend for programs that work with contacts, tasks, and calendar information.

A flaw was found in the way evolution-data-server processed certain APOP authentication requests. By sending certain responses when evolution-data-server attempted to authenticate against an APOP server, a remote attacker could potentially acquire certain portions of a user's authentication credentials. (CVE-2007-1558)

All users of evolution-data-server should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch which resolves this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• evolution-data-server-devel-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.i386.rpm
• evolution-data-server-devel-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.s390.rpm
• evolution-data-server-devel-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.s390x.rpm
• evolution-data-server-devel-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.ia64.rpm
• evolution-data-server-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.src.rpm
• evolution-data-server-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.s390x.rpm
• evolution-data-server-devel-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.ppc.rpm
• evolution-data-server-devel-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.ppc64.rpm
• evolution-data-server-devel-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
• evolution-data-server-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.i386.rpm
• evolution-data-server-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.ppc.rpm
• evolution-data-server-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
• evolution-data-server-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.s390.rpm
• evolution-data-server-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.ppc64.rpm
• evolution-data-server-1.8.0-15.0.3.el5.ia64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 235289

CVEs

• CVE-2007-1558

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.