1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-3351-1

USN-3351-1: Evince vulnerability

Publication date

13 July 2017

Overview

Evince could be made run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file.

Releases

Packages

Details

Felix Wilhelm discovered that Evince did not safely invoke tar when
handling tar comic book (cbt) files. An attacker could use this to
construct a malicious cbt comic book format file that, when opened
in Evince, executes arbitrary code. Please note that this update
disables support for cbt files in Evince.

Felix Wilhelm discovered that Evince did not safely invoke tar when
handling tar comic book (cbt) files. An attacker could use this to
construct a malicious cbt comic book format file that, when opened
in Evince, executes arbitrary code. Please note that this update
disables support for cbt files in Evince.

Update instructions

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

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

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

Ubuntu Release Package Version
17.04 zesty evince –  3.24.0-0ubuntu1.1
evince-common –  3.24.0-0ubuntu1.1
16.10 yakkety evince –  3.22.0-0ubuntu1.1
evince-common –  3.22.0-0ubuntu1.1
16.04 xenial evince –  3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1
evince-common –  3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1
14.04 trusty evince –  3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3
evince-common –  3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3

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