OS Command Injection Affecting evince package, versions <3.22.1-3+deb9u2
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- published27 Nov 2017
- disclosed27 Nov 2017
Introduced: 27 Nov 2017
CVE-2017-1000159 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 evince to version 3.22.1-3+deb9u2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream evince package and not the evince package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000159
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947
- https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2017-1000159