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Ubuntu Update for evince USN-4024-1

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Ubuntu Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

4 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'evince' package(s) announced via the USN-4024-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

As a security improvement, this update adjusts the AppArmor profile for the Evince thumbnailer to reduce access to the system and adjusts the AppArmor profile for Evince and Evince previewer to limit access to the DBus system bus. Additionally adjust the evince abstraction to disallow writes on parent directories of sensitive files.

Affected Software

Affected Software

'evince' package(s) on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated package(s).