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GLSA-200704-06 : Evince: Stack overflow in included gv code

medium Nessus Plugin ID 25019

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200704-06 (Evince: Stack overflow in included gv code)

 Evince includes code from GNU gv that does not properly boundary check user-supplied data before copying it into process buffers.
 Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted PostScript document with Evince and possibly execute arbitrary code with the rights of the user running Evince.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Evince users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=app-text/evince-0.6.1-r3'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200611-20

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200704-06

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 25019

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200704-06.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Published: 4/10/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:evince, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/6/2007

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-5864

BID: 20978

GLSA: 200704-06