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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.703911
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-3911-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'evince' package(s) announced via the DSA-3911-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'evince' package(s) announced via the DSA-3911-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Felix Wilhelm discovered that the Evince document viewer made insecure use of tar when opening tar comic book archives (CBT). Opening a malicious CBT archive could result in the execution of arbitrary code. This update disables the CBT format entirely.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 3.14.1-2+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22.1-3+deb9u1.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 3.22.1-4.

We recommend that you upgrade your evince packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'evince' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.8

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000083
BugTraq ID: 99597
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99597
Debian Security Information: DSA-3911 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3911
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45824/
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/46341/
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2017/q3/128
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784630
https://github.com/GNOME/evince/commit/717df38fd8509bf883b70d680c9b1b3cf36732ee
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:2388
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2388
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