Hash: SHA256

Package        : evince
Version        : 3.4.0-3.1+deb7u2
CVE ID         : CVE-2017-1000159

It was discovered that there was an arbitrary command injection in the
evince PDF viewer.

A specially-crafted embedded DVI filename could be exploited to run
commands as the current user when "printing" to PDF.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", this issue has been fixed in evince version
3.4.0-3.1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your evince packages.


Regards,

- -- 
      ,''`.
     : :'  :     Chris Lamb
     `. `'`      lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
       `-

Debian LTS: DLA-1204-1: evince security update

December 11, 2017
It was discovered that there was an arbitrary command injection in the evince PDF viewer

Summary

A specially-crafted embedded DVI filename could be exploited to run
commands as the current user when "printing" to PDF.

For Debian 7 "Wheezy", this issue has been fixed in evince version
3.4.0-3.1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your evince packages.


Regards,

- --
,''`.
: :' : Chris Lamb
`. `'` lamby@debian.org / chris-lamb.co.uk
`-



Severity
Package : evince
Version : 3.4.0-3.1+deb7u2
CVE ID : CVE-2017-1000159

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