USN-3503-1: Evince vulnerability

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3503-1

4th December, 2017

evince vulnerability

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 version:

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

To update your system, please follow these instructions:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

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

References

CVE-2017-1000159

Source: USN-3503-1: Evince vulnerability

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