Gentoo update for Evince



Risk High
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2017-1000159
CWE-ID CWE-77
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Gentoo Linux
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

Vendor Gentoo

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.

1) Command injection

EUVDB-ID: #VU9541

Risk: High

CVSSv4.0: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-1000159

CWE-ID: CWE-77 - Command injection

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform command injection attack on the target system.

The weakness exists due to an error when handling printing certain DVI files. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening and printing a specially-named DVI file, inject arbitrary commands and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages.
app-text/evince to version: 3.24.2-r1

Vulnerable software versions

Gentoo Linux: All versions

CPE2.3 External links

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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