[CLA-2005:950] Conectiva Security Announcement - evolution

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Date: 04/27/05

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Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 15:59:14 -0300
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CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT
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PACKAGE : evolution
SUMMARY : Fix for Evolution vulnerability
DATE : 2005-04-27 15:58:00
ID : CLA-2005:950
RELEVANT
RELEASES : 10

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DESCRIPTION
Evolution[1] is the GNOME mailer, calendar, contact manager and
communications tool.

This announcement fixes an issue[2] in Evolution which caused it to
crash when displaying certain message types.

SOLUTION
It is recommended that all Evolution users upgade their packages.

IMPORTANT: It is necessary to restart the application after the
upgrade in order to properly close the vulnerability.

REFERENCES
1.http://www.ximian.com/products/ximian_evolution
2.http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=272609

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS
The apt tool can be used to perform RPM packages upgrades:

- run: apt-get update
- after that, execute: apt-get upgrade

Detailed instructions regarding the use of apt and upgrade examples
can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en

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All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions
on how to import it can be found at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en
Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be
found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en

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All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en

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Copyright (c) 2004 Conectiva Inc.
http://www.conectiva.com

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