USN-3959-1: Evince vulnerability

evince vulnerability

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary

Evince could be made to expose sensitive information if it received a specially crafted file.

Software Description

• evince - Document viewer

Details

It was discovered that Evince incorrectly handled certain images. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information.

Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.04

evince - 3.32.0-1ubuntu0.1

evince-common - 3.32.0-1ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 18.10

evince - 3.30.1-1ubuntu1.3

evince-common - 3.30.1-1ubuntu1.3

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

evince - 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1

evince-common - 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

evince - 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4

evince-common - 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4

To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References

• CVE-2019-11459

from Ubuntu Security Notices http://bit.ly/2WeQdIb