MGASA-2019-0355 - Updated evince packages fix security vulnerability

Publication date: 06 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0355.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 7
CVE: CVE-2019-11459

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:

The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions
in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 3.32.0 did not handle
errors from TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(), leading to uninitialized memory
use when processing certain TIFF image files. (CVE-2019-11459)

References:
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25264
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3959-1
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3553
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11459

SRPMS:
- 7/core/evince-3.32.1-1.mga7

Mageia 2019-0355: evince security update

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability: The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 3.32...

Summary

The updated packages fix a security vulnerability:
The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF document backend in GNOME Evince through 3.32.0 did not handle errors from TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(), leading to uninitialized memory use when processing certain TIFF image files. (CVE-2019-11459)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25264

- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3959-1

- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3553

- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-11459

Resolution

MGASA-2019-0355 - Updated evince packages fix security vulnerability

SRPMS

- 7/core/evince-3.32.1-1.mga7

Severity
Publication date: 06 Dec 2019
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0355.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2019-11459

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