Submitted by KeesCook on Wed, 2006-12-06 12:07
Referenced CVEs:
CVE-2006-5864
Description:
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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-390-3 December 06, 2006
evince-gtk vulnerability
CVE-2006-5864
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:
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 6.06 LTS:
evince-gtk 0.5.2-0ubuntu2.1
Ubuntu 6.10:
evince-gtk 0.5.2-0ubuntu4.1
In general, a standard system upgrade is sufficient to effect the
necessary changes.
Details follow:
USN-390-2 fixed vulnerabilities in evince. This update provides the
corresponding update for evince-gtk.
Original advisory details:
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.


