Issued:
2007-05-17
Updated:
2007-05-17

RHSA-2007:0353 - Moderate: evolution security update

Synopsis

Moderate: evolution security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated evolution packages that fix a security bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4.

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

Description

Evolution is the GNOME collection of personal information management (PIM) tools.

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

All users of Evolution 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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support4.5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support4.5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support4.5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian4ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian3ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support4.5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems4s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems3s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems3s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support4.5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support4.5s390
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop3i386

Updated Packages

  • evolution-1.4.5-20.el3.i386.rpm
  • evolution-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.i386.rpm
  • evolution-1.4.5-20.el3.x86_64.rpm
  • evolution-1.4.5-20.el3.ppc.rpm
  • evolution-1.4.5-20.el3.s390x.rpm
  • evolution-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.src.rpm
  • evolution-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.ia64.rpm
  • evolution-devel-1.4.5-20.el3.i386.rpm
  • evolution-devel-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.s390.rpm
  • evolution-1.4.5-20.el3.ia64.rpm
  • evolution-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.x86_64.rpm
  • evolution-1.4.5-20.el3.s390.rpm
  • evolution-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.s390x.rpm
  • evolution-devel-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.ppc.rpm
  • evolution-devel-1.4.5-20.el3.ia64.rpm
  • evolution-devel-1.4.5-20.el3.ppc.rpm
  • evolution-devel-1.4.5-20.el3.s390x.rpm
  • evolution-devel-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.s390x.rpm
  • evolution-devel-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.x86_64.rpm
  • evolution-devel-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.ia64.rpm
  • evolution-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.s390.rpm
  • evolution-devel-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.i386.rpm
  • evolution-2.0.2-35.0.2.el4.ppc.rpm
  • evolution-devel-1.4.5-20.el3.s390.rpm
  • evolution-devel-1.4.5-20.el3.x86_64.rpm

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