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 Severity: Normal
    Title: Evince: Command injection
     Date: April 17, 2018
     Bugs: #650272
       ID: 201804-15

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Synopsis
=======
A vulnerability has been found in Evince which may allow for arbitrary
command execution.

Background
=========
Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats, including
PostScript.

Affected packages
================
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package              /     Vulnerable     /            Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  app-text/evince            < 3.24.2-r1              >= 3.24.2-r1 

Description
==========
A vulnerability was discovered in Evince's handling of filenames while
printing PDF files.

Impact
=====
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.

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

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.

License
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Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/

Gentoo: GLSA-201804-15: Evince: Command injection

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.

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

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.

Severity
Severity: Normal
Title: Evince: Command injection
Date: April 17, 2018
Bugs: #650272
ID: 201804-15

Synopsis

A vulnerability has been found in Evince which may allow for arbitrary command execution.

Background

Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats, including PostScript.

Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/evince < 3.24.2-r1 >= 3.24.2-r1

Impact

===== 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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