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=========================================================== Ubuntu Security Notice USN-390-1 November 30, 2006 evince vulnerability CVE-2006-5864 =========================================================== A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases: Ubuntu 5.10 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu. The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 5.10: evince 0.4.0-0ubuntu4.2 Ubuntu 6.06 LTS: evince 0.5.2-0ubuntu3.1 Ubuntu 6.10: evince 0.6.1-0ubuntu1.1 In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the necessary changes. Details follow: A buffer overflow was discovered in the PostScript processor included in evince. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PS file, an attacker could crash evince or execute arbitrary code with the user's privileges.