Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.
** Changed in: evince (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1330430
Title:
apparmor profile needs review/improvement
Status in “evince” package in Ubuntu:
Confirmed
Bug description:
Apparmor rules for evince forbid opening a PDF from an external drive mounted
under /media/… unless its filename ends in '.pdf'.
Same file will be opened if it is copied to /home/… or renamed to a filename
tailing in '.pdf' on the external drive.
See bugs #1096837 and #1327161.
On a GNU/Linux system like Ubuntu these rules are useless because
filetype is not determined by an extension. Checking the filename adds
no security. It smells like snakeoil to me.
Please review the apparmor profile. On an GNU/Linux system opening a
PDF should not denied on filename.
This bug affects Ubuntu versions 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS and 10.04 LTS.
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