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Ubuntu 19.04: 3959-1 Critical: Evince Sensitive Information Exposure

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Calendar Grey April 29, 2019
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
The Ubuntu Security Announcement USN-3959-1 highlights a security vulnerability in Evince that may lead to unintentional exposure of sensitive information in various releases.
Evince could be made to expose sensitive information if it receiveda specially crafted file.

Summary

Evince could be made to expose sensitive information if it received

a specially crafted file.

Software Description:

- evince: Document viewer

Details:

It was discovered that Evince incorrectly handled certain images.

An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive

information.

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update information disclosure ubuntu exploitation sensitive information evince

Update Instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04:
  evince                          3.32.0-1ubuntu0.1
  evince-common                   3.32.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  evince                          3.30.1-1ubuntu1.3
  evince-common                   3.30.1-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  evince                          3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1
  evince-common                   3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  evince                          3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4
  evince-common                   3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary
changes.

References

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

  CVE-2019-11459

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April 29, 2019

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Topics Covered

security advisory software update information disclosure ubuntu exploitation sensitive information evince

Package Information

  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.32.0-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.30.1-1ubuntu1.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4

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