Summary
The remote host is missing an update to evolution-data-server announced via advisory USN-733-1.
Solution
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libcamel1.2-8 1.6.1-0ubuntu7.2
libebook1.2-5 1.6.1-0ubuntu7.2
Ubuntu 7.10:
libcamel1.2-10 1.12.1-0ubuntu2.1
libebook1.2-9 1.12.1-0ubuntu2.1
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart Evolution to effect the necessary changes.
https://secure1.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-733-1
Insight
It was discovered that the Base64 encoding functions in evolution-data-server did not properly handle large strings. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted image file, or tricked into connecting to a malicious server, an attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-4316, CVE-2009-0587 -
CVSS Base Score: 7.5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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