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Mandarke Linux Advisories: evolution, gtkhtml

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           evolution
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:045
Date:                   April 15th, 2003

Affected versions:      9.0, 9.1
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Problem Description:

 Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the Evolution email client.
 These problems make it possible for a carefully constructed email
 message to crash the program, causing general system instability by
 starving resources.
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References:
  
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0128
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0129
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0130
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Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrake Linux 9.0:
 4017fce554fd77f98e0d9bb233d633d1  9.0/RPMS/evolution-1.0.8-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
 6bca540121a25581c3406ec0b7395da3  9.0/RPMS/evolution-pilot-1.0.8-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
 a0f94f81909464a35106a1160b26da04  9.0/RPMS/libevolution0-1.0.8-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
 9f7ffdb41787bd97b9e26499f3ad450b  9.0/RPMS/libevolution0-devel-1.0.8-3.1mdk.i586.rpm
 2617a839bcd46a13a94a9b503152980d  9.0/SRPMS/evolution-1.0.8-3.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.1:
 b4e86a65afa57dd4968c1ef8c3ba6b70  9.1/RPMS/evolution-1.2.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 b244e928c223e91e4722585b04c3f879  9.1/RPMS/evolution-pilot-1.2.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 a67811e02cc04481617b528149046b99  9.1/RPMS/libevolution0-1.2.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 3af2441bcdc1899c54ee74b6674ca696  9.1/RPMS/libevolution0-devel-1.2.4-1.1mdk.i586.rpm
 2e12234f74a5c87b46da7542f9af8da5  9.1/SRPMS/evolution-1.2.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
 e42479764a609b975755a7bcc3f4b921  ppc/9.1/RPMS/evolution-1.2.4-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 38f45195f20c78fb68d694bfc8acc9b3  ppc/9.1/RPMS/evolution-pilot-1.2.4-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 5fc381b620484c57987cc20c0181a3e3  ppc/9.1/RPMS/libevolution0-1.2.4-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 4edf8acf04219ab72339f4786e690d06  ppc/9.1/RPMS/libevolution0-devel-1.2.4-1.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 2e12234f74a5c87b46da7542f9af8da5  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/evolution-1.2.4-1.1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
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To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate.  The verification of md5
checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one
of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm".  A list of
FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of
the downloaded package.  You can do this with the command:

  rpm --checksig 

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security.  You can obtain
the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team from:

  https://www.mandrakesecure.net/RPM-GPG-KEYS

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that
anyone can subscribe to.  Information on these lists can be obtained by
visiting:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_linux-mandrake.com

Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
  

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                Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name:           gtkhtml
Advisory ID:            MDKSA-2003:046
Date:                   April 15th, 2003

Affected versions:      9.1
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Problem Description:

 A vulnerability in GtkHTML was discovered by Alan Cox with the
 Evolution email client.  GtkHTML is used to handle HTML messages in
 Evolution and certain malformed messages could cause Evolution to
 crash due to this bug.
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References:
  
  http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0133
______________________________________________________________________

Updated Packages:
  
 Mandrake Linux 9.1:
 0d70ee8b14894ca33b7861a72b0475d0  9.1/RPMS/gtkhtml-1.1.10-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 cfe7ed73a2dbda67027ae098c7ff4c30  9.1/RPMS/libgtkhtml1.1_3-1.1.10-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 ccf63beed4742e7a094998ed9462ef2d  9.1/RPMS/libgtkhtml1.1_3-devel-1.1.10-2.1mdk.i586.rpm
 7af29a0d5de7a701f99b2eeb35b60129  9.1/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.1.10-2.1mdk.src.rpm

 Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
 7b18625abf51ac3379ac808491532987  ppc/9.1/RPMS/gtkhtml-1.1.10-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 9d1e27cfc17c805f6b1fb5ed7798d33b  ppc/9.1/RPMS/libgtkhtml1.1_3-1.1.10-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 aea147d9be293b64768f93f225c2fa3a  ppc/9.1/RPMS/libgtkhtml1.1_3-devel-1.1.10-2.1mdk.ppc.rpm
 7af29a0d5de7a701f99b2eeb35b60129  ppc/9.1/SRPMS/gtkhtml-1.1.10-2.1mdk.src.rpm
______________________________________________________________________

Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
______________________________________________________________________

To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate.  The verification of md5
checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package from one
of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm".  A list of
FTP mirrors can be obtained from:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php

Please verify the update prior to upgrading to ensure the integrity of
the downloaded package.  You can do this with the command:

  rpm --checksig 

All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security.  You can obtain
the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team from:

  https://www.mandrakesecure.net/RPM-GPG-KEYS

Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
update.

You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/

MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that
anyone can subscribe to.  Information on these lists can be obtained by
visiting:

  http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_linux-mandrake.com

Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team

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