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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201804-15 ] Evince: Command injection
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 18:29:49
Message-Id: 20180417182331.GC10079@monkey
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201804-15
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Evince: Command injection
9 Date: April 17, 2018
10 Bugs: #650272
11 ID: 201804-15
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15 Synopsis
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18 A vulnerability has been found in Evince which may allow for arbitrary
19 command execution.
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21 Background
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24 Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats, including
25 PostScript.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 app-text/evince < 3.24.2-r1 >= 3.24.2-r1
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35 Description
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38 A vulnerability was discovered in Evince's handling of filenames while
39 printing PDF files.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted
45 file, could execute arbitrary commands.
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47 Workaround
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50 There is no known workaround at this time.
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52 Resolution
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55 All Evince users should upgrade to the latest version:
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57 # emerge --sync
58 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/evince-3.24.2-r1"
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60 References
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63 [ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000159
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000159
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66 Availability
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69 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
70 the Gentoo Security Website:
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72 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
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74 Concerns?
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77 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
78 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
79 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
80 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
81 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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83 License
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86 Copyright 2018 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
87 belongs to its owner(s).
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89 The contents of this document are licensed under the
90 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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92 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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