========================================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-3351-1 July 13, 2017
evince vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 17.04 - Ubuntu 16.10 - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Evince could be made run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file. Software Description: - evince: Document viewer Details: Felix Wilhelm discovered that Evince did not safely invoke tar when handling tar comic book (cbt) files. An attacker could use this to construct a malicious cbt comic book format file that, when opened in Evince, executes arbitrary code. Please note that this update disables support for cbt files in Evince. Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 17.04: evince 3.24.0-0ubuntu1.1 evince-common 3.24.0-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 16.10: evince 3.22.0-0ubuntu1.1 evince-common 3.22.0-0ubuntu1.1 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: evince 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1 evince-common 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: evince 3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3 evince-common 3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3 In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3351-1 CVE-2017-1000083 Package Information: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.24.0-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.22.0-0ubuntu1.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.18.2-1ubuntu4.1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/3.10.3-0ubuntu10.3
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