rPath Security Advisory: 2006-0230-1 Previous versions of the evince package contain a vulnerability that enables attackers to provide intentionally malformed postscript files which will cause evince to execute arbitrary attacker-provided code. (This vulnerability was originally discovered in the gv program.)
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rPath Security Advisory: 2006-0230-1
Published: 2006-12-12
Products: rPath Linux 1
Rating: Major
Exposure Level Classification:
Indirect User Deterministic Unauthorized Access
Updated Versions:
evince=/conary.rpath.com@rpl:devel//1/0.4.0-10.2-1
References:
http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5864
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-850
Description:
Previous versions of the evince package contain a vulnerability
that enables attackers to provide intentionally malformed postscript
files which will cause evince to execute arbitrary attacker-provided
code. (This vulnerability was originally discovered in the gv
program.)