[USN-3503-1] Evince vulnerability

[Marc Deslauriers]

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3503-1
December 04, 2017

evince vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 17.04
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Evince could be made to run programs if it printed a specially crafted
file.

Software Description:
- evince: Document viewer

Details:

It was discovered that Evince incorrectly handled printing certain DVI
files. If a user were tricked into opening and printing a specially-named
DVI file, an attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 17.04:
  evince                          3.24.0-0ubuntu1.3
  evince-common                   3.24.0-0ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  evince                          3.18.2-1ubuntu4.3
  evince-common                   3.18.2-1ubuntu4.3

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
  evince                          3.10.3-0ubuntu10.4
  evince-common                   3.10.3-0ubuntu10.4

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

References:
  https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3503-1
  CVE-2017-1000159

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.24.0-0ubuntu1.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.18.2-1ubuntu4.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.10.3-0ubuntu10.4


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