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Debian: DSA-3911-1 Critical: Evince Code Execution Risk

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Calendar Grey July 14, 2017
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Enhance your Evince installation presently to reduce the potential hazards posed by harmful compressed files on Debian platforms.
Felix Wilhelm discovered that the Evince document viewer made insecure use of tar when opening tar comic book archives (CBT)
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Summary

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/



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Package: evince
CVE ID: CVE-2017-1000083

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