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Debian Security Advisory DSA 3911-1 (evince - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Felix Wilhelm discovered that the Evince document viewer made insecure use of tar when opening tar comic book archives (CBT). Opening a malicious CBT archive could result in the execution of arbitrary code. This update disables the CBT format entirely.
Affected Software
Affected Software
evince on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.14.1-2+deb8u2. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22.1-3+deb9u1. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22.1-4. We recommend that you upgrade your evince packages.