Fedora Core 6 : evince-0.6.0-5.fc6 (2006-1438)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24070

Synopsis

The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.

Description

The PostScript backend of evince had a buffer overflow (CVE-2006-5864). This update fixes the problem.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected evince and / or evince-debuginfo packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?60d5534e

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24070

File Name: fedora_2006-1438.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/17/2007

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:evince, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:evince-debuginfo, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora_core:6

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2006

Reference Information

FEDORA: 2006-1438