CVE-2017-1000159
published 2017-11-27CVE-2017-1000159: Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
PriorityP340high7.8CVSS 3.0
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
1.41%
69.2th percentile
Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
Affected
11 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | atril | < atril 1.20.0-1 (bookworm) | atril 1.20.0-1 (bookworm) |
| debian | evince | < atril 1.20.0-1 (bookworm) | atril 1.20.0-1 (bookworm) |
| gnome | evince | < 3.25.91 | 3.25.91 |
| gnome | evince | >= 0 < 3.25.92-1 | 3.25.92-1 |
| gnome | evince | >= 0 < 3.25.92-1 | 3.25.92-1 |
| gnome | evince | >= 0 < 3.25.92-1 | 3.25.92-1 |
| gnome | evince | >= 0 < 3.25.92-1 | 3.25.92-1 |
| mate-desktop | atril | >= 0 < 1.20.0-1 | 1.20.0-1 |
| mate-desktop | atril | >= 0 < 1.20.0-1 | 1.20.0-1 |
| mate-desktop | atril | >= 0 < 1.20.0-1 | 1.20.0-1 |
| mate-desktop | atril | >= 0 < 1.20.0-1 | 1.20.0-1 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.07.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvdv2.04.6MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_debian7.8LOW
vendor_redhat7.8HIGH
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Ubuntu
Evince vulnerability
vendor_ubuntu·2017-12-04
CVE-2017-1000159 Evince vulnerability
Title: Evince vulnerability
Summary: Evince could be made to run programs if it printed a specially crafted
file.
It was discovered that Evince incorrectly handled printing certain DVI
files. If a user were tricked into opening and printing a specially-named
DVI file, an attacker could use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
Instructions: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
Red Hat
evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF
vendor_redhat·2017-07-14·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000159 [HIGH] CWE-77 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF
evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF
Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
Statement: This issue affects the versions of evince as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. A future update may address this issue. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Package: evince (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5) - Not affected
Package: evince (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6) - Will not fix
Package: evince (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Will not fix
Debian
CVE-2017-1000159: atril - Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects vers...
vendor_debian·2017·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000159 [HIGH] CVE-2017-1000159: atril - Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects vers...
Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 1.20.0-1)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 1.20.0-1)
forky: resolved (fixed in 1.20.0-1)
sid: resolved (fixed in 1.20.0-1)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 1.20.0-1)
GHSA
GHSA-vvj5-83p2-x3pp: Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-13
CVE-2017-1000159 [HIGH] CWE-78 GHSA-vvj5-83p2-x3pp: Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF
Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
OSV
CVE-2017-1000159: Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF
osv·2017-11-27·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000159 [HIGH] CVE-2017-1000159: Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF
Command injection in evince via filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-26]
bugzilla·2017-12-06·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000159 [HIGH] CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-26]
CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-26]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-26.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
Use the following template to for the 'fe
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF
bugzilla·2017-12-06·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000159 [HIGH] CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF
CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF
Command injection in evince via malicious filename when printing to PDF. This affects versions earlier than 3.25.91.
References:
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000159
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-1000159
https://git.gnome.org/browse/evince/commit/?id=350404c76dc8601e2cdd2636490e2afc83d3090e
Discussion:
Created evince tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: fedora-25 [bug 1521211]
Affects: fedora-26 [bug 1521212]
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I am changing the impact to moderate, once it is a vulnerability that allows command injection and the attack has a low complexity.
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This issue affects evince versions as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Red
Bugzilla
CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-25]
bugzilla·2017-12-06·CVSS 7.8
CVE-2017-1000159 [HIGH] CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-25]
CVE-2017-1000159 evince: Command injection when exporting to PDF [fedora-25]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-25.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
Use the following template to for the 'fe
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.htmlhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=784947https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00006.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00013.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00014.htmlhttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2020/Feb/18https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201804-15https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4624
2017-11-27
Published