Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 10.10 / 11.04 : evince vulnerability (USN-1347-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57698

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Synopsis

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

Description

It was discovered that Evince did not properly parse AFM font files when processing DVI files. If a user were tricked into opening a specially crafted DVI file, an attacker could cause Evince to crash or potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program.

In the default installation, attackers would be isolated by the Evince AppArmor profile.

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Solution

Update the affected libevdocument2 and / or libevdocument3 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57698

File Name: ubuntu_USN-1347-1.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks

Published: 1/26/2012

Updated: 9/19/2019

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevdocument2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libevdocument3, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.10, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.04

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0433

BID: 47168

USN: 1347-1

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