Executive Summary

Summary
Title evince-gtk vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-390-3 First vendor Publication 2006-12-06
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2006-12-06
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5.1 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 6.4 Attack Complexity High
Cvss Expoit Score 4.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

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.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-390-3

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 4

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200611-20 (gv)
File : nvt/glsa_200611_20.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200703-24 (mgv)
File : nvt/glsa_200703_24.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200704-06 (evince)
File : nvt/glsa_200704_06.nasl
2008-09-04 Name : FreeBSD Ports: evince
File : nvt/freebsd_evince.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1214-1 (gv)
File : nvt/deb_1214_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1214-2 (gv)
File : nvt/deb_1214_2.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1243-1 (evince)
File : nvt/deb_1243_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
30274 GNU gv ps.c ps_gettext() Function Overflow

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Gnu gv buffer overflow attempt
RuleID : 9619 - Revision : 6 - Type : FILE-OTHER

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_gv-2267.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-12-13 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_evince-2358.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-390-3.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-390-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security-related patch.
File : ubuntu_USN-390-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_gv-2266.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-10-17 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : suse_evince-2362.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-04-10 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200704-06.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-04-05 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200703-24.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-214.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-02-18 Name : The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing a security update.
File : mandrake_MDKSA-2006-229.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1438.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-01-17 Name : The remote Fedora Core host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2006-1437.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-30 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1243.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-12-16 Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.
File : freebsd_pkg_779a2d558ba811db81d500123ffe8333.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-27 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200611-20.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2006-11-22 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1214.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Alert History

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Date Informations
2014-02-17 12:03:59
  • Multiple Updates
2013-05-11 12:25:42
  • Multiple Updates