USN-3959-1: Evince vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 19.04
• Ubuntu 18.10
• Ubuntu 18.04 ESM
• Ubuntu 16.04 ESM

Packages

• 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

• evince - 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1
• evince-common - 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.1

Ubuntu 16.04

• evince - 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4
• evince-common - 3.18.2-1ubuntu4.4

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

References

• CVE-2019-11459