Gentoo: GLSA-201804-15 Normal: Evince Command Injection
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April 17, 2018
A vulnerability has been found in Evince which may allow for arbitrary command execution.
Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in Evince's handling of filenames while printing PDF files.
Topics Covered
Resolution
All Evince users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/evince-3.24.2-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000159 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000159
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
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Concerns
Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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Severity: Normal
Title: Evince: Command injection
Date: April 17, 2018
Bugs: #650272
ID: 201804-15
Topics Covered
Background
Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats, including
PostScript.
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Affected Packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 app-text/evince < 3.24.2-r1 >= 3.24.2-r1
Impact
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A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted
file, could execute arbitrary commands.
Workaround
There is no known workaround at this time.
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