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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : evince (MDVSA-2011:005)

high Nessus Plugin ID 51797

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Synopsis

The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in evince :

Array index error in the PK and VF font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer (CVE-2010-2640, CVE-2010-2641).

Heap-based buffer overflow in the AFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer (CVE-2010-2642).

Integer overflow in the TFM font parser in the dvi-backend component in Evince 2.32 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted font in conjunction with a DVI file that is processed by the thumbnailer (CVE-2010-2643).

The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 51797

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2011-005.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Published: 1/28/2011

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:evince, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64evince-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64evince1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64evince2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libevince-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libevince1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libevince2, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.0, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2010.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/13/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2640, CVE-2010-2641, CVE-2010-2642, CVE-2010-2643

BID: 45678

MDVSA: 2011:005