Debian: DSA-3911-1: evince security update
Debian: DSA-3911-1: evince security update
Felix Wilhelm discovered that the Evince document viewer made insecure use of tar when opening tar comic book archives (CBT). Opening a malicious CBT archive could result in the execution of arbitrary code. This update disables the CBT format entirely
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-3911-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff July 14, 2017 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : evince CVE ID : CVE-2017-1000083 Felix Wilhelm discovered that the Evince document viewer made insecure use of tar when opening tar comic book archives (CBT). Opening a malicious CBT archive could result in the execution of arbitrary code. This update disables the CBT format entirely For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.14.1-2+deb8u2. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22.1-3+deb9u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22.1-4. We recommend that you upgrade your evince packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.