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Mandriva: Updated evince packages fix buffer overflow vulnerability Print E-mail
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Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Mandrake Stack-based buffer overflow in ps.c for evince allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the DocumentMedia header
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Mandriva Linux Security Advisory                         MDKSA-2006:229
 http://www.mandriva.com/security/
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Package : evince
 Date    : December 13, 2006
 Affected: 2007.0
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Problem Description:
 
 Stack-based buffer overflow in ps.c for evince allows user-assisted
 attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PostScript (PS) file with
 certain headers that contain long comments, as demonstrated using the
 DocumentMedia header.

 Packages have been patched to correct this issue.
 _______________________________________________________________________

 References:
 
 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5864
 _______________________________________________________________________
 
 Updated Packages:
 
 Mandriva Linux 2007.0:
 9cac7456ee1b25c93bd73c430475baaf  2007.0/i586/evince-0.6.0-1.2mdv2007.0.i586.rpm 
 d8a6e0604fe5fff79909659bd2fa0136  2007.0/SRPMS/evince-0.6.0-1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm

 Mandriva Linux 2007.0/X86_64:
 5d231a5f65991fe2383cdfc907425b77  2007.0/x86_64/evince-0.6.0-1.2mdv2007.0.x86_64.rpm 
 d8a6e0604fe5fff79909659bd2fa0136  2007.0/SRPMS/evince-0.6.0-1.2mdv2007.0.src.rpm
 _______________________________________________________________________

 To upgrade automatically use MandrivaUpdate or urpmi.  The verification
 of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.

 All packages are signed by Mandriva for security.  You can obtain the
 GPG public key of the Mandriva Security Team by executing:

  gpg --recv-keys --keyserver pgp.mit.edu 0x22458A98

 You can view other update advisories for Mandriva Linux at:

  http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories

 If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact

  security_(at)_mandriva.com
 _______________________________________________________________________

 Type Bits/KeyID     Date       User ID
 pub  1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
  
 
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