GLSA 201804-15: Evince: Command injection

Severity:normal
Title:Evince: Command injection
Date:04/17/2018
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 Architecture(s)
app-text/evince < 3.24.2-r1 >= 3.24.2-r1 All supported architectures

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

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201804-15.xml

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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