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From: Alex Legler <a3li@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201111-10 ] Evince: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2011 18:29:54
Message-Id: 201111201914.25918.a3li@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201111-10
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Evince: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: November 20, 2011
10 Bugs: #350681, #363447
11 ID: 201111-10
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Evince, allowing remote
19 attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a Denial of Service.
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21 Background
22 ==========
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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 < 2.32.0-r2 >= 2.32.0-r2
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35 Description
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38 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Evince. Please review
39 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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41 Impact
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44 A remote attacker could entice a user to load a DVI file with a
45 specially crafted font, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code
46 with the privileges of the user running the application or a Denial of
47 Service.
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49 Workaround
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52 There is no known workaround at this time.
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54 Resolution
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57 All Evince users should upgrade to the latest version:
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59 # emerge --sync
60 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/evince-2.32.0-r2"
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62 NOTE: This is a legacy GLSA. Updates for all affected architectures are
63 available since April 26, 2011. It is likely that your system is
64 already no longer affected by this issue.
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66 References
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69 [ 1 ] CVE-2010-2640
70 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2640
71 [ 2 ] CVE-2010-2641
72 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2641
73 [ 3 ] CVE-2010-2642
74 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2642
75 [ 4 ] CVE-2010-2643
76 http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2010-2643
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78 Availability
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81 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
82 the Gentoo Security Website:
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84 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201111-10.xml
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86 Concerns?
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89 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
90 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
91 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
92 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
93 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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95 License
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98 Copyright 2011 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
99 belongs to its owner(s).
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101 The contents of this document are licensed under the
102 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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104 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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