The remote Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-3503-1 advisory.

    It was discovered that Evince incorrectly handled printing certain DVI files. If a user were tricked into     opening and printing a specially-named DVI file, an attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary     code.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in evince, a simple multi-page document viewer.

  - CVE-2017-1000159     Tobias Mueller reported that the DVI exporter in evince     is susceptible to a command injection vulnerability via     specially crafted filenames.

  - CVE-2019-11459     Andy Nguyen reported that the tiff_document_render() and     tiff_document_get_thumbnail() functions in the TIFF     document backend did not handle errors from     TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(), leading to disclosure of     uninitialized memory when processing TIFF image files.

  - CVE-2019-1010006     A buffer overflow vulnerability in the tiff backend     could lead to denial of service, or potentially the     execution of arbitrary code if a specially crafted PDF     file is opened.

CVE-2017-1000159 Command injection when exporting DVI to PDF

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

According to the version of the evince packages installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerability :

  - Command injection in evince via filename when printing     to PDF. This affects versions earlier than     3.25.91.(CVE-2017-1000159)

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

This update for evince fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-1000159: Command injection in evince via     filename when printing to PDF could lead to command     execution (bsc#1070046)

This update was imported from the SUSE:SLE-12-SP2:Update update project.

A few issues were found in the Evince document viewer.

CVE-2017-1000159

When printing from DVI to PDF, the dvipdfm tool was called without properly sanitizing the filename, which could lead to a command injection attack via the filename.

CVE-2019-11459

The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() did not check the status of TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(), leading to uninitialized memory access if that funcion fails.

CVE-2019-1010006

Some buffer overflow checks were not properly done, leading to application crash or possibly arbitrary code execution when opening maliciously crafted files.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 3.14.1-2+deb8u3.

We recommend that you upgrade your evince packages.

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

It was discovered that there was an arbitrary command injection in the evince PDF viewer.

A specially crafted embedded DVI filename could be exploited to run commands as the current user when 'printing' to PDF.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', this issue has been fixed in evince version 3.4.0-3.1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your evince packages.

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

This update for evince provides the following fix :

  - CVE-2017-1000159: Prevent command line injections via     filenames when printing to a file. (bsc#1070046)

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

A few issues were found in Atril, the MATE document viewer.

CVE-2017-1000159

When printing from DVI to PDF, the dvipdfm tool was called without properly sanitizing the filename, which could lead to a command injection attack via the filename.

CVE-2019-11459

The tiff_document_render() and tiff_document_get_thumbnail() did not check the status of TIFFReadRGBAImageOriented(), leading to uninitialized memory access if that funcion fails.

CVE-2019-1010006

Some buffer overflow checks were not properly done, leading to application crash or possibly arbitrary code execution when opening maliciously crafted files.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.8.1+dfsg1-4+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your atril packages.

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

This update for evince fixes the following issues :

  - CVE-2017-1000159: Command injection in evince via     filename when printing to PDF could lead to command     execution (bsc#1070046)

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

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201804-15 (Evince: Command injection)

    A vulnerability was discovered in Evince&rsquo;s handling of filenames while       printing PDF files.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker, by enticing the user to process a specially crafted       file, could execute arbitrary commands.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
    (CVE-2017-1000159)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
105021	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / 16.04 LTS : Evince vulnerability (USN-3503-1)	Nessus	Ubuntu Local Security Checks	12/5/2017	8/27/2024	high
133731	Debian DSA-4624-1 : evince - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/18/2020	3/27/2024	high
105477	Fedora 26 : evince (2017-d6402c8005)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	12/28/2017	1/6/2021	high
106150	EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : evince (EulerOS-SA-2018-1009)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/19/2018	1/6/2021	high
109067	openSUSE Security Update : evince (openSUSE-2018-367)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/17/2018	10/31/2024	high
127863	Debian DLA-1881-1 : evince security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	8/14/2019	5/3/2024	high
105169	Debian DLA-1204-1 : evince security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	12/12/2017	1/11/2021	high
106151	EulerOS 2.0 SP2 : evince (EulerOS-SA-2018-1010)	Nessus	Huawei Local Security Checks	1/19/2018	1/6/2021	high
107255	SUSE SLES11 Security Update : evince (SUSE-SU-2018:0639-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	3/9/2018	1/19/2021	high
127864	Debian DLA-1882-1 : atril security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	8/14/2019	5/3/2024	high
109083	SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : evince (SUSE-SU-2018:0947-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	4/17/2018	10/31/2024	high
109099	GLSA-201804-15 : Evince: Command injection	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	4/18/2018	10/31/2024	high
220368	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-1000159	Nessus	Misc.	3/4/2025	3/4/2025	high

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