--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2017-d6402c8005
2017-12-26 15:02:57.896733
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : evince
Product     : Fedora 26
Version     : 3.24.2
Release     : 2.fc26
URL         : https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince
Summary     : Document viewer
Description :
Evince is simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print
Portable Document Format (PDF), PostScript (PS) and Encapsulated PostScript
(EPS) files. When supported by the document format, evince allows searching
for text, copying text to the clipboard, hypertext navigation,
table-of-contents bookmarks and editing of forms.

 Support for other document formats such as DVI and DJVU can be added by
installing additional backends.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

CVE-2017-1000159 Command injection when exporting DVI to PDF
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1521212 - CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-26]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1521212
  [ 2 ] Bug #1521211 - CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-25]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1521211
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade evince' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/security/
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Fedora 26: evince Security Update

December 26, 2017
CVE-2017-1000159 Command injection when exporting DVI to PDF

Summary

Evince is simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print

Portable Document Format (PDF), PostScript (PS) and Encapsulated PostScript

(EPS) files. When supported by the document format, evince allows searching

for text, copying text to the clipboard, hypertext navigation,

table-of-contents bookmarks and editing of forms.

Support for other document formats such as DVI and DJVU can be added by

installing additional backends.

CVE-2017-1000159 Command injection when exporting DVI to PDF

[ 1 ] Bug #1521212 - CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-26]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1521212

[ 2 ] Bug #1521211 - CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-25]

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1521211

su -c 'dnf upgrade evince' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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FEDORA-2017-d6402c8005 2017-12-26 15:02:57.896733 Product : Fedora 26 Version : 3.24.2 Release : 2.fc26 URL : https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince Summary : Document viewer Description : Evince is simple multi-page document viewer. It can display and print Portable Document Format (PDF), PostScript (PS) and Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) files. When supported by the document format, evince allows searching for text, copying text to the clipboard, hypertext navigation, table-of-contents bookmarks and editing of forms. Support for other document formats such as DVI and DJVU can be added by installing additional backends. CVE-2017-1000159 Command injection when exporting DVI to PDF [ 1 ] Bug #1521212 - CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-26] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1521212 [ 2 ] Bug #1521211 - CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-25] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1521211 su -c 'dnf upgrade evince' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product : Fedora 26
Version : 3.24.2
Release : 2.fc26
URL : https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evince
Summary : Document viewer

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