Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Evince vulnerability (USN-3503-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105021

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

It was discovered that Evince incorrectly handled printing certain DVI files. If a user were tricked into opening and printing a specially-named DVI file, an attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3503-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105021

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3503-1.nasl

Version: 3.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/5/2017

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000159

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:evince, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:evince-common, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:evince-gtk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:gir1.2-evince-3.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevdocument3-4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevince-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevview3-3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/4/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000159

USN: 3503-1