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>> GNOME Evolution Shared Memo Categories Handling Client-Side Format String Vulnerability
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Title : GNOME Evolution Shared Memo Categories Handling Client-Side Format String Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1058
CVE ID : CVE-2007-1002
Rated as : Moderate Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-03-21
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A vulnerability has been identified in GNOME Evolution, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to a format string error in the "write_html()" [calendar/gui/e-cal-component-memo-preview.c] function when processing a malformed shared memo, which could be exploited by attackers to compromise a vulnerable system by tricking a user into opening a malicious shared memo, clicking on the "Accept" box, and viewing the memo (via the "Memo" tab).
Affected Products
GNOME Evolution version 2.8.2.1 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1058
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Ulf Harnhammar (Secunia Research)
ChangeLog
2007-03-21 : Initial release
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