[USN-3959-1] Evince vulnerability

Leonidas S. Barbosa leo.barbosa at canonical.com
Mon Apr 29 13:45:28 UTC 2019


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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3959-1
April 29, 2019

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

- Ubuntu 19.04
- Ubuntu 18.10
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

Evince could be made to expose sensitive information if it received
a specially crafted file.

Software Description:
- evince: Document viewer

Details:

It was discovered that Evince incorrectly handled certain images.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive
information.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 19.04:
  evince                          3.32.0-1ubuntu0.1
  evince-common                   3.32.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.10:
  evince                          3.30.1-1ubuntu1.3
  evince-common                   3.30.1-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
  evince                          3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1
  evince-common                   3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
  evince                          3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4
  evince-common                   3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4

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

References:
  https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3959-1
  CVE-2019-11459

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.32.0-1ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.30.1-1ubuntu1.3
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4
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