Gentoo: GLSA-201804-15: Evince: Command injection
Summary
A vulnerability was discovered in Evince's handling of filenames while printing PDF files.
Resolution
All Evince users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-text/evince-3.24.2-r1"
References
[ 1 ] CVE-2017-1000159 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000159
Availability
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
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.
Background
Evince is a document viewer for multiple document formats, including PostScript.
Affected Packages
------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 app-text/evince < 3.24.2-r1 >= 3.24.2-r1
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.