Full Disclosure: [ MDKSA-2006:229 ] - Updated evince packages fix buffer overflow vulnerability

From: <security_at_mandriva.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:28:01 -0700

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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory MDKSA-2006:229
http://www.mandriva.com/security/
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Package : evince
Date : December 13, 2006
Affected: 2007.0
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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.
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References:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-5864
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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
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Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Mandriva Security Team
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Received on Dec 13 2006